I am sure she will be forced to step aside as a distraction to protect the hoax investigation and trial so it can be continued.My understanding is that the presiding judge once worked for Willis. It's telling that Willis arrogantly disrespected the court and judge in her testimony and there was crickets from the judge. In any other court, she would have been threatened with contempt of court.
Bottom line: (1) The case is being held in Fulton county Georgia where skin color (black) carries weight and influence. (2) Kemp is a feckless anti-trump governor. (3) Fani is a black female - the powers that be in Fulton county and the nation will run cover for and whitewash (no pun intended) Fani's outrageous criminal behavior.
Unless Fani steps aside on her own, don't be surprised that she will be allowed to continue as Trump's prosecutor.
My understanding is that the presiding judge once worked for Willis. Comparing the work histories of both Judge Scott McAfee and Fani Willis, it looks to like McAfee was the rising star and his stint under Willis was incidental.
Consider:
- Willis graduated from Emory University School of Law in 1996, taking a job as a solicitor prosecuting misdemeanors and city ordinance violations.
- McAfee graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude, in 2013, interning for Georgia Supreme Court justice Keith R. Blackwell in his senior year. McAfee's first assignment was an assistant district attorney in the Barrow County, Georgia, Piedmont Judicial Circuit.
- Willis spent 16 years as a prosecutor in the Fulton County district attorney's office, eventually leading the complex trial division.
- In 2014-2015 (+18 years from graduation), Willis became an assistant district attorney, prosecuting 12 Atlanta Public School teachers for changing answers entered by students to inflate the scores of state administered standardized tests.
- McAfee joined the office of the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia in 2015 (+2 years after graduating) Between 2015-2018, he worked on the early stages of criminal cases, and was promoted to working as a prosecutor in the complex trial division (under Fani Willis).
- In 2018 (+22), Willis went into private practice. she ran for a seat on the Fulton County Superior Court, and lost.
- In 2019 (+6), McAfee was appointed as an assistant United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
- In 2019 (+23), Willis became Chief Municipal Judge for South Fulton, Georgia.
- In 2021 (+8), Georgia governor Brian Kemp appointed McAfee as the state inspector general.
- In 2020 (+24), Willis was elected district attorney for Fulton County.
- In December 2022 (+9), Gov. Kemp appointed McAfee to the Fulton County Superior Court.
It's pretty clear from comparing the timelines of their careers, that McAfee spent two years early in his career in the division headed by Willis. He was then fast-tracked into higher positions in the judiciary departments.
Willis looks like her career stalled after spending 22 years in the Fulton County District Attorney's office. She left to pursue private practice and lower court judgeships. Willis ran for DA against her former boss Paul Howard, Jr.
Now, here's the real kick-in-the-pants:
- During the campaign, Howard was accused of violating public disclosure laws when he used his two nonprofy
- Also during the campaign, Howard was accused of sexual harassment, abuse of power, and creating a hostile work environment by Cathy Carter, a paralegal and records supervisor who worked under Howard's tenure for 15 years. Carter claimed that Howard sexually harassed her and coerced her into engaging in intimate activities, including encounters within his office at the Fulton County Courthouse. Howard was found not guilty in December 2023.
It seems like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree over at the Fulton County District Attorney's office.
-PJ