According to Judge Alex, this is normal behavior between lawyers .. they support each other. She was only a lawyer running for election when he gave the support.
And .. I believe this donation transaction took place way BEFORE the “incident”.
And he knew darn well that if she won, there was a real good chance she'd be involved in cases in which he was a lawyer. One could question if a trial lawyer should even be allowed to donate for a city's attorney candidate.