The campaign of Deal's opponent in the race for governor, Karen Handel, used the news to suggest that Deal -- already the subject of a congressional ethics investigation -- was also the target of a criminal probe. Deal denied that and went on to win the runoff and the fall election.
Now nearly two years later, Deal has named the federal prosecutor who signed the grand jury subpoena to a judgeship. In February, Deal appointed Robert McBurney, then head of the the public corruption unit in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta, to a vacant seat in Fulton County Superior Court.
And then the problem for Deal went away...
what?
no
judges arent political
even though they depend on politicians
for their appointments