The Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump will continue after Peter J. Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia and former Coweta County district attorney, appointed himself as the new prosecutor.

Skandalakis announced Friday that he would assume responsibility for the case after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ordered him to find a replacement for disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis by Friday or risk dismissal of the indictment.

Skandalakis said he contacted several prosecutors, but none agreed to take the case.

“The decision to assume responsibility for this matter was reached only after careful and deliberate consideration,” Skandalakis wrote. “While it would have been simple to a

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