(The Center Square) — The head of the state prosecutor’s council or “his designee” will act as a stand-in district attorney in Fulton County for a case involving Lt. Governor Burt Jones.
Peter J. Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, or his designee, will act as the Atlanta Judicial Circuit’s district attorney pro tempore in the place of District Attorney Fani Willis. Under state law, the council can appoint a prosecutor if a local district attorney is barred from prosecuting a case.
“In accordance with State Bar Rule 3.8 Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor and pending litigation, no further comments will be made at this time,” the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia said in a brief Thursday statement.
Jones, a Republican, was allegedly one of 16 “alternate” or “fake” electors set to cast Georgia’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump instead of
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