Georgia lieutenant governor avoids criminal charges over fake elector plot
by Sam Levine in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6QQEH)
Actions of Burt Jones in 2020 ruled reasonable and not criminal' by Peter Skandalakis, head of prosecutors' council
Burt Jones, Georgia's lieutenant governor, will not face criminal charges over his involvement in Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election, a special prosecutor announced on Friday.
Jones, a Republican state senator in 2020, served as one of the 16 fake electors for Trump - all of whom signed a document, submitted to the National Archives, claiming Trump won Georgia. Trump lost the state to Joe Biden by 11,779 votes.
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