Fani Willis’ Georgia election interference case against Trump will carry on for now with new prosecutor
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indictment case against President Donald Trump and several allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat in Georgia will continue at least for now in the hands of a new prosecutor .
The case was assigned in September to Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia, a bipartisan collaboration of six district attorneys and three solicitors general from across the state.
Skandalakis previously said he could also take the case himself if he could not find another prosecutor willing to take it on.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had launched the case, but was removed after a legal fight over her authority.
“This morning, an Administrative Order appointing me to the case of State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et al. was filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County,” Skandalakis wrote in a statement Friday morning.
“The filing of this appointment reflects my inability to secure another conflict prosecutor to assume responsibility for this case,” Skandalakis said.
“Several prosecutors were contacted and, while all were respectful and professional, each declined the appointment. Out of respect for their privacy and professional discretion, I will not identify those prosecutors or disclose their reasons for declining,” he wrote.
Even though the long-time veteran career prosecutor will now oversee the case, it is unclear if it will actually move forward.
Skandalakis said he just recently received the investigative file from Willis’ office, including 101 boxes of documents delivered to him on October 29 and an eight-terabyte hard drive just over a week ago on November 6. Willis’ office declined to comment.
“With Judge McAfee’s deadline now upon us and my review still ongoing, I have determined that the best course of action is to appoint myself to the case. This will allow me to complete a comprehensive review and make an informed decision regarding how best to proceed,” Skandalakis wrote on Friday.
Michael J. Moore, former US attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, is skeptical the case will move ahead.
“If the history between the Trump cases and Mr. Skandalakis foretells the future, these cases are dead on arrival,” he said. Moore also said he expects to see a recitation of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision as a basis for declining and dismissal, and is not surprised that no other prosecutor stepped forward. Moore referred to the cases as “overcharged” by using RICO.
“It would be a thankless job, akin to being invited to the center ring at the circus and then told that your job was to clean up after the elephants,” Moore said.
The historic state racketeering charges were filed on August 14, 2023, by Willis, an elected Democrat who launched a lengthy investigation into Trump’s alleged interference in the Georgia election in early 2021. The investigation began shortly after a January phone call became public in which Trump pressured Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to “find” the votes necessary for him to win the state in the Presidential election.
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He cant find anyone to take the case because they are all afraid of being later prosecuted by Trump.
Banana Republic for everyone !
Where did you read this?
I read “Several prosecutors were contacted and, while all were respectful and professional, each declined the appointment. Out of respect for their privacy and professional discretion, I will not identify those prosecutors or disclose their reasons for declining,” he wrote.
And "It would be a thankless job, akin to being invited to the center ring at the circus and then told that your job was to clean up after the elephants,” Moore said.
As much as Republicans love Trumps; bull shit, it's surprising the GOP doesn't want to cleanup GOP Elephant shit, asz it's won in the same, where we all lose, cause Trump is a pile of refuze, that Epsteins' coverup will know longer be tolerated, and as much as ewe and utters may hate it, keep yourself abreast, cuz it is all related to the pos inn our White house, and it's about to flush out the orange turd from what most already knew and it is so absurd, that the whole world has bin out to get Trump, and it took his pedophile cover up to bring down this pos is disgusting, but keep excusing the losing piece of trash, nothing around here to rehash, cause small potatoes, cause this little piggly wiggly has wigggled out of more than i've ever seen or he could ever have a dreamed, yet, his end is near, so keep on wiping up his rear, asz u remain behind, in this , and these, times, asz, they R a changin....
I am taking over on the 24 times the MSM will say blockbuster in the next month. And it may all be worthless because there is little doubt in my mind if there was anything implicating Trump the dems would have leaked it years ago.
There are reasons they might not have. Google it.
Are there "reasons" Trump doesnt want the information released?
Yea. No reason
I can't speak for him but the way most dems twist everything that comes out as a bombshell seeing thing that aren't there i can hardly blame him if he doesn't.
Trump has had every chance in the world to explain his relationship with Epstein and apparently doesnt want to, - he wants to pretend there wasnt one.
Lets go back in a time machine to 1978. It comes out that Jimmy Carter was good friends for 15 or 20 years with a since convicted sexual trafficker of teenage girls. Carter would have been forced to resign within days.
I have never believed Trump raped 14 or 15 year old girls, although I do think he was attracted to them as many grown men are. Almost all the men who are attracted to 15 year olds can sublimate it, and I think Trump did too. BUT, he knew what Epstein was doing and looked the other way. That IS a scandal for the president of the United States.
And?
Has that been proven or is it just conjecture from folks hoping to convince others?