Georgia lieutenant governor won't face charges connected to 2020 election
ATLANTA — A special prosecutor announced Friday that he would not seek criminal charges against Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R) over his alleged efforts to help Donald Trump try to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, finding that Jones had “not acted with criminal intent.”
The decision came five months after Pete Skandalakis, a longtime Georgia prosecutor and Republican, took on the case after he spent nearly two years trying to find another prosecutor to lead the investigation into Jones, a former state senator and prominent Trump surrogate who is said to be considering a run for governor in 2026.
A judge disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) and her staff in July 2022 from investigating or charging Jones as part of her office’s investigation into alleged election interference by Trump and his allies because Willis hosted a fundraiser for a former colleague and political rival of Jones.
Jones had faced scrutiny because he was one of 16 state Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming Trump had won Georgia in 2020 and declaring themselves to be the “duly elected and qualified electors from Georgia.” As a state senator, Jones also sought to convene a special session of the state legislature aimed at reversing Joe Biden’s narrow victory in the state.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/13/burt-jones-2020-election-georgia-trump/