A fresh steward has stepped into one of Georgia’s most scrutinized court battles — the sprawling election-interference case targeting the sitting U.S. President and a cluster of his political allies. Yet instead of clearing the haze around the prosecution’s future, the move only stretches the storyline into another chapter of uncertainty.
Peter Skandalakis, who leads the state’s Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council, announced that he would personally take charge of the high-stakes case. The indictment accuses the President and several co-defendants of orchestrating an unlawful plot to upend the 2020 election outcome in Georgia, where Joe Biden’s victory became a flashpoint in post-election turmoil. All have pleaded not guilty, with defense voices insisting the case will ultimately collapse under proper scrutiny.
Skandalakis’ intervention keeps the case alive after a major disruption: an appellate ruling that knocked Fulton County’s top prosecutor off the proceedings due to what the court described as an “appearance of impropriety.” The original prosecutor’s relationship with a special appointee assigned to steer the case had thrown a legal wrench into one of the nation’s most watched prosecutions.
But finding someone to replace her was no simple administrative shuffle. According to Skandalakis, multiple prosecutors were quietly approached — all politely bowed out. So, he stepped in himself, reaching the deadline set by the judge with barely a breath to spare.
Taking the helm gives him wide latitude, including the power to scrap the indictment altogether, a path he has taken before. In an earlier political-tangled matter involving a state official accused of maneuvering to overturn the 2020 vote, Skandalakis opted against pursuing charges.
For now, the Georgia case continues — still heavy with political weight, still unresolved, and still waiting for its next decisive turn.
