Robert Pattillo, a civil rights lawyer and Atlanta radio host, has overseen the high-profile election interference case against former President Trump and the disbarment case of Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis in Fulton County Superior Court. A dissent will be filed before Justice Scott McAfee. upcoming election.
Pattillo, a civil rights lawyer, is the former executive director of the Rainbow Push Coalition, a social justice group founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and previously described himself as a “conservative Democrat,” the Atlanta newspaper reported. That’s what it means. Journal Constitution.
Pattillo will qualify as a candidate for the job on Thursday, he told Fox News Digital. Elections are scheduled for May, with a possible run-off in June.
McAfee was appointed to the seat by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp last year to fill a vacancy and is running for election after his term ends on Dec. 31, 2024.
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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee (Alyssa Pointer)
“I’ve always told myself that if I had the opportunity to fix it from the inside out, I would do it,” Pattillo told Fox News Digital. “Our campaign is built on competency, compassion and the idea of bringing about change within the court system.”
“And to have the ability to make those changes, we need an outside voice, someone outside of the prosecutor-court pipeline,” Pattillo said, referring to former prosecutor McAfee.
Patillo cited Trump’s trial and the recent trial of Atlanta rapper Young Thug as examples of unequal treatment in the court system.
“We need a system that works the same for all people, a state where there is a rule of law rather than the rule of men, where people receive special treatment based on their status as celebrities and based on how much money they have. I have it.”
“Anyone who has been through the Fulton County court system will tell you that you would rather have a two-week hearing on ancillary issues to your case than wait four or five years for your case to go to trial. I think that’s what I thought,” Pattillo said. Nod to evidentiary hearing to determine disqualification of Fani Willis.
“I think we need to prioritize. When we move cases, when we get people in and out of custody, when we get people convicted and sent to prison, and when we allow innocent people to come back.” It’s time to do that.” And we’re putting together programs to keep young offenders out of the system for life so they can become carpenters or builders or bus drivers instead of being criminals for life. . That should be on any agenda,” Pattillo said.
Phil Holloway, a conservative legal analyst, wrote in a post on X that the Fani Willis story has “been beyond politics.”
McAfee is overseeing the massive extortion case against Trump and 18 co-defendants related to allegations of interference in the 2020 election.
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Rev. Jesse L. Jackson attends the 2nd Annual Attorney Benjamin Crump Equal Justice Now Awards held at Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles LAX/Century Boulevard on June 10, 2022 . (Unique Nicole/Getty Images)
McAfee is also handling allegations by a small number of co-defendants that Fani Willis hired special prosecutor Nathan Wade while they were secretly in a relationship and benefited financially from his employment.
The bombshell led to a major evidentiary hearing last month, in which Willis and Wade denied allegations that they were in a relationship at the time of their hiring, stating that any vacation they took together would be reimbursed in cash by Wade He claimed that he had never profited from his position. .
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (Alex Slitspool/Getty Images)
Mr. McAfee is considering the evidence presented at the hearing and is expected to decide within the next two weeks whether Mr. Willis and his team should be disbarred from the case.
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“It is clear that disqualification may occur if evidence of an actual dispute or the appearance of a dispute is presented,” McAfee said at the start of proceedings this month.
McAfee could not be reached for comment.
