A state prosecutor has been appointed in an investigation into Georiga Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’s alleged role in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State.
The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia announced on Thursday that its executive director, Peter Skandalakis, has been appointed to investigate if Jones violated any criminal laws. No further comment was given on the investigation.
FILE – Then-Georgia Lt. Gov. candidate Burt Jones participates in a Republican primary debate, May 3, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool, File)
A judge in the state had previously disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from investigating Jones after she sponsored a fundraiser for his Democratic opponent in the lieutenant gubernatorial election in 2022. Willis indicted former President Donald Trump, among other co-conspirators, in a sweeping racketeering indictment
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