All posts tagged "Judge Mcafee"

Judge McAfee is "losing control," according to one former prosecutor.

McAfee, the jurist overseeing the case in which Fani Willis is prosecuting Donald Trump for allegedly attempting to subvert the 2020 election, on Friday ruled that Willis couldn't keep her former boyfriend, Nathan Wade,- on the high-profile case. McAfee has been under a steady assault from conservatives who think Willis should already have been booted.

Former federal prosecutor Shan Wu weighed in via an opinion piece for The Daily Beast....

The pivotal decider in the sprawling RICO case involving former President Donald Trump and 18 allies who are charged with subverting the election is facing competition to keep his powerful position.

Civil rights attorney and talk radio host Robert Patillo announced he is going to run against Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who until now had been running unopposed.

Patillo is aiming to cinch up his candidacy on Thursday, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, citing multiple sources. ...

A new claim of judicial bias against Donald Trump in a criminal case arose and was smacked down on the same day on Wednesday.

A Breitbart reporter earlier in the day stated that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is biased against Trump in the criminal case alleging a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election in the state. Wendell Husebø reported that the judge "donated to Fani Willis," the prosecutor who is charging that case.

"The donation of $150, though small, appears to present a conflict of interest for Judge McAfee," he wrote. "Judges are supposed to be impartial and avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest. The judge donated to Willis in June 2020, while working for Joe Biden's DOJ."...