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STATEMENT FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SKANDALAKIS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS AND GEORGIA RICO INDICTMENT
Early this morning, I became aware that President Trump issued pardons to several individuals alleged to have committed crimes in various states in connection with attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Some of the individuals pardoned are named in the Georgia RICO indictment.
As previously reported, the Atlanta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office has been disqualified from this case. By statute, the responsibility to appoint a conflict prosecutor falls to me. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has ordered that a conflict prosecutor be appointed by November 14, 2025, or he will dismiss the entire indictment for “want of prosecution.”
It is important to note that President Trump’s pardons apply only to federal charges and do not affect state charges. Therefore, the task before my office remains unchanged. My staff and I have been diligently working on this matter since the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the disqualification of the District Attorney’s Office. We will continue to carry out our responsibilities without being influenced by matters outside the scope of our assigned task, with the goal of complying fully with Judge McAfee’s order.
I have no further comments at this time.
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