DAMAGE ALREADY DONE
WADE & WILLIS CONTAMINATED THE CASE FROM THE GIT-GO.
If the damage is already done, the judge might have to deal with that one bite at a time.
First bite, remove the appearance of a conflict.
Second bite, address the contamination.
Fortunately for the prosecution, this case is still in pre-trial motions so no jury has been seated yet. The judge might think that they can deal with a tainted jury pool later when they move to seating a jury.
Who knows, but there are still many bites to go.
One other factor to consider is that this judge may likely lose his seat before the trial moves to the trial phase, so what happens if McAfee loses his reelection and a new judge has to take over the case?
-PJ