In 2023, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis secured a racketeering indictment against President Donald Trump and a number of his associates over their alleged conduct following the 2020 election.

Yet in a humiliating move, Willis was later removed from the case and another prosecutor has been forced to assume control. 

Prosecuting Attorneys' Council executive director will take over Trump's case

According to The Hill, Prosecuting Attorneys' Council (PAC) executive director Peter Skandalakis announced late last week that he will now be handling Trump's case as a special prosecutor.

"Several prosecutors were contacted and, while all were respectful and professional, each declined the appointment," Skandalakis explained on Friday.

#BREAKING: Special prosecutor assigned to Trump 2020 Georgia election case with uncertain future https://t.co/GHHxmu5q7t

— The Hill (@thehill) November 14, 2025

"Out of respect for their privacy and professional discretion, I will not identify those prosecutors or disclose their reasons for declining," the special prosecutor asserted.

Special prosecutor says he will proceed "without fear, favor, or affection"

Despite admitting that it "would have been simple" to simply drop the case,  Skandalakis said he did "not believe that was the right course of action."

"My only objective is to ensure that this case is handled properly, fairly, and with full transparency discharging my duties without fear, favor, or affection," the prosecutor added.

MS NOW legal blogger Jordan Rubin noted last December how the Court of Appeal of George ruled that Willis and her office should be disqualified from prosecuting Trump.

It highlighted her romantic relationship with attorney Nathan Wade, who she hired to serve as a special prosecutor in Trump's case despite having no experience in trying racketeering cases.

Appeals court found that trial judge erred in not disqualifying Willis' office

The court concluded that this situation created an appearance of impropriety which should have prompted trial Judge Scott McAfee to grant a defense motion asking that Willis be disqualified.

"After carefully considering the trial court’s findings in its order, we conclude that it erred by failing to disqualify DA Willis and her office," its majority opinion read.

"The remedy crafted by the trial court to prevent an ongoing appearance of impropriety did nothing to address the appearance of impropriety that existed at times when DA Willis was exercising her broad pretrial discretion about who to prosecute and what charges to bring," it added.

Although Willis sought to have Georgia's highest judicial body review that decision, the justices declined to do so in a September ruling.