Fani Willis Loses Bid to Continue Prosecuting Georgia Trump Case

Source: New York Times

The 4-3 ruling means that the criminal case against President Trump, related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, will not move forward anytime soon, if ever.

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The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt another blow to the moribund election interference case against President Trump, declining to intervene after an appeals court ruling last year disqualified Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, from prosecuting the case.

The 4-3 ruling means that the criminal case — once considered one of the most serious legal threats to Mr. Trump after he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss — will not move forward anytime soon, if ever. The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, a state entity, will now decide whether to reassign the case, and to whom.

The head of the council, Pete Skandalakis, is a Republican. A new prosecutor could decide to press on with the case — now against a sitting president — drop it or bring a modified version. If charges remain against Mr. Trump, he would most likely not face trial until after his term ends in 2029. But if a new prosecutor wanted to proceed with the case against some or all of the 14 other defendants, they could be tried sooner.

Mr. Skandalakis ended up personally handling a piece of the investigation after Ms. Willis was disqualified from developing a case against Georgia’s lieutenant governor, Burt Jones, who acted as a fake elector for Mr. Trump in 2020. Ms. Willis was disqualified from weighing charges against Mr. Jones after headlining a fund-raiser for one of his political rivals. Mr. Skandalakis ultimately declined to bring any charges against Mr. Jones.

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