Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is handling the Trump election interference case, said: donated He told county prosecutor Fannie Willis, according to financial disclosures.
The judge donated $150 to Willis in June 2020. work For the Department of Justice.
“The donation itself was more or less a token amount and was made before he became a judge,” said legal analyst Philip Holloway. Said Daily caller. “However, withholding from defendants the disclosure of political contributions to prosecutors could be seen as a manifestation of a conflict of interest. Judges need to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.”
Gov. Brian Kemp (R), who declined to open a criminal investigation against Willis, appointed McAfee to the court and later took office on February 1, 2023.
Formerly McAfee worked Willis worked in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office before being elected in the 2020 election. new york times Reported in August.
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Willis fired the longtime former county prosecutor. accused of corruption. She took office on January 1, 2021. She campaigned in 2020 not to commit the kind of sexual misconduct her predecessor was accused of. The irony of Willis’s campaign promise, along with the financial implications, became clear as allegations of her own infidelity surfaced.
In 2023, former President Donald Trump and co-defendant Mike Roman accused Willis of maintaining an inappropriate romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the top prosecutor in the Trump case.
Mr. Wade testified before Mr. McAfee on Thursday that his relationship with Mr. Willis began in 2022 after Mr. Willis filed a lawsuit against Mr. Trump in 2021. But Robin Yearty, a former Fulton County district attorney and college friend of Willis’s, said there is no doubt he has since had an affair with Nathan Wade. In 2019, contradicting Wade and Willis.
If McAfee determines that Willis has an actual conflict of interest with his girlfriend or fellow prosecutor, Willis was removed from the case. President Trump wins in Georgia election interference case.
