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Fri Nov 14, 2025, 12:37 PM Nov 14

Georgia director of search for Fani WILLIS' replacement appoints himself due to 11-14 deadline

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/new-prosecutor-chosen-in-georgia-2020-election-interference-case/ar-AA1QsbXk?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6917439f907a477ba4cc145bc948c51d&ei=206

New prosecutor chosen in Georgia 2020 election interference case

.... Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, said he chose himself to take over the case after he was "unable" to find someone else to accept the job. ....

Skandalakis was facing a Nov. 14 deadline to appoint someone new or the case would face dismissal, according to an order from Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee. Skandalakis said he did not believe McAfee dismissing the case because of the missed deadline would be "the right course of action." ....

Skandalakis wrote in his statement that he had "not had sufficient time" to complete a review the case file, saying he received 101 boxes of documents from the DA's office in late October, and an 8-terabyte hard drive of the case file just last week. He said that by appointing himself to the case he can "complete a comprehensive review and make an informed decision regarding how best to proceed" with the case, whose future is still up the air. ....

Trump this week issued a sweeping pardon to all defendants in the Georgia election case and all other cases involving alleged 2020 "fake elector" plots, although the act was largely symbolic as Trump does not have the ability to pardon state charges. ....

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