After I first posted the work histories of the judge and Fani Willis side-by-side last week, some people asked why McAfee was appointed by Kempt to be Inspector General after Kemp appointed him to be assistant United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia just two years earlier.
I've been thinking about that and I'm concluding that organizations identify "high potential" people and rotate them through different parts of the organization early in their career so they can get a diverse work experience in different parts of the business operations.
It's possible that McAffee is one such person (I suggested he was being fast-tracked based on his career progression relative to Willis') and that time in the Inspector General position would also help McAfee hone his BS detector as state whistleblowers file claims against other state agencies.
After a year in the IG position, Kemp appointed McAfee to fill a vacancy on the Fulton County Superior Court where he is now. Yes, McAfee has to run for a full term on the court, but I suspect that if McAfee fails to win reelection, Kemp will find some other position for McAfee in state government.
-PJ
Let’s hope we have Judge McAfee pegged right.