A Georgia prosecutor has stepped in to take over the state’s election interference case against President Donald Trump after Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis was disqualified and every other prosecutor approached declined to handle it.
Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, announced Friday that he will personally assume responsibility for the case, ending a weeks-long search for someone willing to lead the prosecution.
“Several prosecutors were contacted and, while all were respectful and professional, each declined the appointment,” Skandalakis, a longtime Georgia prosecutor who started his career as a Democrat before later aligning himself with the Republican Party, told the Associated Press.
With Willis pushed out for an “

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