The stakes are high as a judge in Atlanta weighs whether the Fulton County district attorney, Fani T. Willis, should be disqualified from leading the prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump on election interference charges.
The case would then be reassigned to another Georgia prosecutor, who would have the ability to continue with the case exactly as it is, make major changes — such as adding or dropping charges or defendants — or to even drop the case altogether.
The decision to drop the case would end the prosecution of Mr. Trump and his allies for their actions in Georgia after the 2020 election, when the former president sought to overturn his loss in the state.
It would be up to a state entity called the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia to find someone else to take up the case.
More specifically, the decision would fall to the council’s executive director, Pete Skandalakis, an experienced former prosecutor.
Persons:
Fani, Willis, Donald J, Trump, Scott McAfee, Pete Skandalakis
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Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, of Georgia