by Natalia Mittelstadt
A Georgia prosecutor on Friday assigned himself to take over the 2020 alternate presidential electors case that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had been disqualified from.
Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council Executive Director Peter Skandalakis, whose group was tasked with identifying a replacement for Willis, appointed himself after reporting an “inability” to find someone else, The Hill news outlet reported.
“Several prosecutors were contacted and, while all were respectful and professional, each declined the appointment,” Skandalakis said in a statement. “Out of respect for their privacy and professional discretion, I will not identify those prosecutors or disclose their reasons for declining.”
Willis’ case against President Donald Trump was derailed after it came to light that she had a relationship with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor hired to prosecute Trump.
One of the defendants in the Georgia 2020 alternative presidential electors case, Michael Roman, filed a motion about the relationship. Roman alleged that Willis had paid Wade almost $1 million, but The Georgia Star News confirmed that Willis had been paid $653,881.
Last year, a Georgia judge ruled Willis could stay on the case, but Wade needed to leave. Wade resigned from the case after the ruling.
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Natalia Mittelstadt is a reporter for Just the News. Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network and contributed to this story.
Photo “Fani Willis” by Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.
