{"id":2002264,"date":"2023-08-16T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indictment-georgia-lt-gov-burt-jones-to-be-investigated-by-special-prosecutor\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:02:13","slug":"donald-trump-indictment-georgia-lt-gov-burt-jones-to-be-investigated-by-special-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indictment-georgia-lt-gov-burt-jones-to-be-investigated-by-special-prosecutor\/","title":{"rendered":"Special prosecutor to investigate Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in Donald Trump indictment."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-indictment-georgia-lt-gov-burt-jones-to-be-investigated-by-special-prosecutor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002264&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump \u200cand Others Indicted in \u2062Georgia<\/h2>\n<p>Following the indictment of former \u2063President Donald Trump and 18 \u200bothers by a Georgia \u200bgrand jury regarding efforts to overturn \u200cthe 2020 presidential\u2062 election, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-caught-them-lin-wood-outed-mysterious-georgia-operative-gabe-sterling-now-video-shows-him-admitting-he-helped-set-up-drop-boxes-and-promoted-far-left-activists-as-absentee-ballot-counters\/\" title=\"WE CAUGHT THEM: Lin Wood Outed Mysterious Georgia Operative Gabe Sterling - Now Video Shows Him Admitting He Helped Set Up Drop Boxes and Promoted Far Left Activists as Absentee Ballot Counters\">state agency<\/a> has announced the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt \u2063Jones.<\/p>\n<h3>Conflict of Interest<\/h3>\n<p>District Attorney\u2062 Fani Willis was barred from subpoenaing or criminally investigating Jones due to \u200ca conflict of interest in July.\u200c However, the \u2062Prosecuting Attorneys&#8217; \u200dCouncil of Georgia Executive Director Pete Skandalakis \u2064revealed on Tuesday\u2062 that he would begin the search for a prosecutor to look into Jones&#8217;s actions following Trump&#8217;s \u200bloss in the\u2063 2020 election.<\/p>\n<h3>Special Prosecutor&#8217;s Decision<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, the special prosecutor will make the decision about\u2064 whether or \u2063not\u200d to file any charges,&#8221; Skandalakis said in an interview with \u2062the\u200c Associated Press. He did not\u2064 indicate the likelihood of an\u200c indictment in Jones&#8217;s case, \u2063stating that he \u200ddoes not have knowledge \u2062of the investigation.<\/p>\n<h2>Indictment Details<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday evening, \u2062Willis announced the \u200cindictment of Trump and\u200b 18 \u200bothers for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act\u2062 (RICO). \u2062Trump faces charges including violating RICO,\u200c conspiring to impersonate a public officer, filing\u2063 false\u200b documents, and soliciting \u200ba public official to violate\u2064 an oath.<\/p>\n<p>The 98-page Georgia indictment lists 30\u2064 unindicted co-conspirators, with Jones\u2064 identified \u2062as\u200c &#8220;unindicted co-conspirator individual 8.&#8221; The\u200b document highlights his involvement in\u2063 state \u2062Senate committee meetings, receipt\u200d of emails related to efforts to stop the \u200ccertification of President Joe \u2064Biden&#8217;s win,\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indictment-georgia-lt-gov-burt-jones-to-be-investigated-by-special-prosecutor\/\" title=\"Special prosecutor to investigate Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in Donald Trump indictment.\">directing social media campaigns<\/a>, and acting as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jan-6-panel-releases-incomplete-texts-to-suggest-sen-ron-johnson-was-involved-in-electoral-conspiracy\/\" title=\"Jan. 6 Panel Releases Incomplete Texts to Suggest Sen. Ron Johnson Was Involved in Electoral Conspiracy\">false elector<\/a> \u2064for Trump.<\/p>\n<h3>Conflict\u2064 of Interest Limitations<\/h3>\n<p>Willis was\u2064 unable to indict or question Jones due to her hosting\u2062 a fundraiser\u200b for his\u2063 Democratic \u2063opponent for lieutenant governor in\u200c 2022. However, she was permitted to\u2062 question witnesses regarding Jones,\u2062 as ruled by Superior Court Judge \u200cRobert McBurney.<\/p>\n<h2>Response and Criticism<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday, \u2062Jones criticized Willis&#8217;s\u2063 indictment as &#8220;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diary-of-death-a-retrospective-review-of-american-crisis-by-gov-andrew-cuomo\/\" title=\"DIARY OF DEATH: A Retrospective Review of \u2018American Crisis\u2019 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo\">constant media<\/a> \u2063and PR campaign for the sole purpose of furthering her own political career.&#8221; He argued that she should have \u200dprioritized addressing\u2064 the\u2063 unchecked criminals in\u200c Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic state Senate Minority Leader Gloria Butler expressed support for Skandalakis&#8217;s plan,\u2063 stating that Jones should not\u200d be \u2064exempt from investigation simply \u2063because the Fulton \u2064County DA couldn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-promoted-idea-that-trump-loyalists-might-have-killed-capitol-police-officer-one-month-later-they-issue-significant-update\/\" title=\"NYT Promoted Idea That Trump Loyalists Might Have Killed Capitol Police Officer. One Month Later, They Issue Significant Update.\">bring charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more\u2064 from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the appointment of a special prosecutor by a state agency. This move comes after the indictment of Donald Trump and 18 others by a Georgia grand jury for their alleged involvement in overturning the 2020 presidential election. Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones will now be investigated separately, as District Attorney Fani Willis is prohibited from subpoenaing or conducting a criminal investigation against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2002265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}