Lt. Gov. Burt Jones of Georgia will be investigated for his role as a fake elector for Donald J. Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a state official said Thursday.
Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., has already brought racketeering and other charges against Mr. Trump and several top allies in a sweeping election case. But she was disqualified in 2022 from continuing to investigate Mr. Jones, a Republican, because she had hosted a fund-raiser for his political rival.
By law, when a prosecutor on a case is found to have a conflict of interest, the head of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, a state government entity, is responsible for choosing a replacement. After facing criticism for not moving more quickly to find a new prosecutor, Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the council and a former district attorney, said on Thursday that he would do the job himself.
