Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones will not face criminal charges for his actions in the weeks after the 2020 election, including signing onto a slate of electors for former President Donald Trump after Joe Biden won Georgia’s electoral votes.
Three other so-called “fake electors” were indicted last August by a grand jury in Fulton County on criminal charges including racketeering. All three have pleaded not guilty.
Early in the investigation, a judge barred District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from continuing to investigate or prosecute Jones after she held a fundraiser for his opponent in the race for lieutenant governor. Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, ultimately took over the investigation into Jones, and on Friday decided against charges.
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