Posted on 03/15/2024 1:21:35 AM PDT by Libloather
Judge Scott McAfee said his long-awaited ruling on the effort to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis "should" come out Friday.
“I made a promise to everybody. These kind of orders take time to write. I need to make sure I say exactly what I want to, and I plan to stick to the timeline I gave everyone,” McAfee said, according to ABC affiliate WSB who spoke to him Thursday evening.
“Should be out tomorrow,” he continued.
Attorneys for several defendants have been pushing for the disqualification of Willis from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others. McAfee has been weighing motions to disqualify Willis, primarily over accusations from Ashley Merchant's client, Trump co-defendant Michael Roman, that Willis benefited financially from a "personal, romantic relationship" with Nathan Wade, who she hired for the case, through Wade's "paying for vacations across the world with money he is being paid by the Fulton County taxpayers and authorized solely by Willis."
Friday's ruling comes as McAfee is in the midst of an election for a full four-year term on the bench. He has denied that politics would play a part in his ruling.
"The message I want to convey is no ruling of mine is ever going to be based on politics," McAfee said. "I’m going to be following the law as best I understand it."
Willis has pushed back on any allegations of misconduct. In a filing this week, she urged the judge to reject the motion to disqualify her, saying that in order to disqualify an elected district attorney, "an actual conflict of interest must be proven" -- which she says the defendants have not done.
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I just found out the judge kept Dirty Fani on the case. This is bad for Fulton County. She is going to run scorched earth over everybody. We can all see why she acted like she owned the courthouse to begin with. The judge won the battle but lost the war. He might win his election this time but the entire country will be against him getting any promotions outside of Fulton County. From now on he will be under investigation for everything he does.
I had heard he had drawn opposition. Was that incorrect?
A friend will be checking later when he gets off the road.
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