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Trump’s Georgia Case Hangs on Decision of Young Judge

March 12, 2024 · 8:29 am ET · Leave a Comment

“In coming days, a millennial judge who just marked his first year on the bench is expected to decide if the Georgia criminal case implicating a former president should be thrown out or reassigned because of misconduct allegations against the district attorney, his former boss, that center on her sex life,” the Washington Post reports.

“Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee was randomly assigned to oversee the racketeering case against former president Donald Trump and a cast of close advisers and allies who are accused of plotting to overthrow a legitimate election to keep Trump in power.”

“But the case has mostly been on hold for the past two months after one of Trump’s co-defendants accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) of hiring a ‘boyfriend’ to lead the investigation and taking ‘vacations across the world’ that he paid for, a claim Willis has vigorously denied.”

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