Posted on 02/23/2024 10:07:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the case involving former President Donald Trump in Georgia and will soon decide whether District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the case, donated to Willis' campaign before Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) appointed him last year.
"McAfee, who was sworn in on Feb. 1, 2023, after being appointed by Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, made his donation in June 2020 while still working as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to financial disclosures," reports the Daily Caller.
The New York Times revealed last year that McAfee worked under Willis when she led the complex trial division of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.
The donation may have been small, just $150, but according to Atlanta-based criminal defense attorney and legal analyst Philip Holloway, the donation still should have been disclosed so that the defendants could have determined “whether they believed that amounted to a conflict of interest on the part of the judge.”
“The donation itself is more or less a token amount and was made prior to his becoming a judge,” Holloway told the Daily Caller. “But failure to disclose to the defendants a political donation to the prosecutor can be seen as a present appearance of a conflict of interest. Judges are required to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.”
However, Andrew Fleischman, a criminal defense attorney in Atlanta, disagreed that the donation should have been disclosed.
“It is such a routine part of how Georgia judges and attorneys interact that I don’t think it should have been disclosed, necessarily, past the mandatory disclosures,” he said.
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McAfee has not shied away from delivering unfavorable decisions to Willis, and reprimanded her several times for her behavior on the stand.
Last week, McAfee oversaw the hearing on Trump co-defendant Michael Roman’s motion to disqualify Willis. He previously declined the district attorney’s request to cancel the hearing.
McAfee’s other donations include $200 to Kemp’s campaign in 2018 and $200 to Republican state representative candidate Lyndsey Rudder’s campaign in 2020, according to financial disclosures. McAfee’s wife donated $99 to Willis’ campaign in 2020 and $101 in 2018.
During the primary, Willis was running against former Democratic Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard Jr.
Not only that, he’s running for reelection too.
Not a big deal. Trump donated to Democrats. Doesn’t equate to governing or ruling in their favor.
Impropriety and conflicts of interest are SOPs for Demonicrats.
Not exactly breaking news.....to me anyway.
I heard that right after her testimony
Maybe in the end the judge will scold Fani for perjury but say her affair with Wade had no bearing on the case against Trump and it would be a shame to waste time appointing someone new, so she can continue to prosecute the case. After all, the most important thing is to get a conviction before November 2024. That would help rub it in that we have two systems of justice in the country.
“Not a big deal. Trump donated to Democrats. Doesn’t equate to governing or ruling in their favor.”
Yeah. Not a big deal at all.
This vital case doesn’t stink to high heaven at all
From who did the crooked SOB judge steal the money to give to that wretched woman? Marxists never use their own money.
I did not say the case did not stink. I agree it stinks. This judge could be the one to end it.
I’ll repeat-/Donations to a candidate is not an automatic disqualification.
The DRFA will be his emasculation
Stop talking to me
Bkmk
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