By Jan Wolfe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A state prosecutor on Friday said he was taking control of a sprawling criminal case in Georgia accusing U.S. President Donald Trump and several allies of election interference, a move that prolongs the high-profile prosecution but does not fully resolve uncertainty about its future.

Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, said in a statement that he had appointed himself as the prosecutor in the case, which accuses Trump and several co-defendants of unlawfully conspiring to subvert former President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win in Georgia. They have pleaded not guilty, and on Friday, Trump lawyer Steve Sadow said he remains confident that “a fair and impartial review will lead to a dismissal of the case.”

The move

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