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November 17, 2025

New Prosecutor Takes Over Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump and His Allies
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The Georgia election interference case against President Trump and his
allies will now have a new prosecutor after Fulton County District
Attorney Fani Willis was removed from the case. The executive director
of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, Pete Skandalakis, is
set to take over the case. Georgia State University law professor
Anthony Michael Kreis told the Associated Press, "I doubt anything will
ever move forward with the president." But the case could proceed
against 14 other Trump allies, including former New York Mayor Rudy
Giuliani and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Trump has
pardoned Giuliani, Meadows and dozens of other Republican officials and
activists accused of helping him overturn the results of the 2020
election, but the pardons only apply to federal cases, not the Georgia
election interference case, which is a state-level prosecution.


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