Lisa Rubin

Well, today was the deadline for Peter Scandaculis, who is the chair of this prosecuting council in Georgia, to find someone to potentially replace Fannie Willis after the Supreme Court of Georgia decided she needed to be removed from the case because of the appearance of impropriety.

And you see, as per our reporting this morning, that Peter Scandaculis appointed Peter Scandaculis.

significant in the sense that there is or could be some forward motion.

But that doesn't necessarily mean that there will be.

Among the options for Peter Scandaculis, of course, is not only reviving the case, but choosing not to revive the case.

And as you and I both know, earlier this week, President Trump pardoned dozens of people who were allegedly involved in the fake elector scheme, many of them defendants and ongoing defendants in this Georgia case, if it were to be revived.

So look to see what he's going to do in the next couple of weeks.

If he does want to prosecute the case, then I think that he will notify Judge Scott McAfee.

I'd like to have a conference.

Let's get this train moving again.

But if he doesn't, he may also make some sort of official announcement as to why he is wrapping the case up.

Either way, I expect in the next several weeks, we'll hear from Mr. Skandakalis about what his plans are on it.

How far along was the case?

The case was reasonably far along.

Discovery had concluded.

There were many pretrial motions that were decided.

In fact, one of those pretrial motions dealt with some of the charges around the RICO charge.

The main charge here was a state racketeering conspiracy.

But there were other charges that had to do with Georgia election law and sort of more straightforward interfering with the process of certifying electors, for example.

Two defendants in particular got some of those charges dismissed, John Eastman, the Trump attorney, and Sean Still, a Georgian.