{"id":2001470,"date":"2023-08-15T15:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-scott-mcafee-judge-overseeing-trumps-georgia-election-probe\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T15:55:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:55:04","slug":"who-is-scott-mcafee-judge-overseeing-trumps-georgia-election-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-scott-mcafee-judge-overseeing-trumps-georgia-election-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott McAfee is the judge overseeing Trump&#8217;s Georgia election investigation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwho-is-scott-mcafee-judge-overseeing-trumps-georgia-election-probe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001470&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Superior Court of Fulton County<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/taylor-tinsley\">Taylor Tinsley<\/a><br \/>12:42 PM \u200bPT \u2013 Tuesday, August 15, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Judge \u200dScott McAfee has been assigned to oversee President Donald \u200cTrump\u2019s most recent indictment, over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Trump and 18 other co-defendants were charged in the 98-page indictment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/trump-indicted-in-georgia-election-probe\/\">Monday<\/a> night, conducted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-count document claimed that the 19 defendants \u201cunlawfully conspired and endeavored to conduct \u200dand participate in a criminal enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump alone faces 13 charges and his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani has also been charged with \u200c13 counts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s Charges:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Violation of the Georgia \u200dRICO (Racketeer Influenced and\u00a0Corrupt Organizations) Act<\/li>\n<li>Solicitation of violation of oath\u2063 by public officer<\/li>\n<li>Conspiracy to commit impersonating an officer<\/li>\n<li>Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree<\/li>\n<li>Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings<\/li>\n<li>Conspiracy to commit filing \u200bfalse documents<\/li>\n<li>Conspiracy to commit\u200c forgery in the first degree<\/li>\n<li>Conspiracy to commit false statements and\u200c writings<\/li>\n<li>Filing false documents<\/li>\n<li>Solicitation of violation of oath by\u2064 public officer<\/li>\n<li>False \u2064statements and writings<\/li>\n<li>Solicitation of violation of oath by public officer<\/li>\n<li>False \u2063statements and writings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following his fourth indictment, Trump said \u201cthe witch\u200d hunt continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But who is the judge assigned to oversee his case?<\/p>\n<h3>Judge Scott McAfee: A Tough\u200c Prosecutor Turned Judge<\/h3>\n<p>Judge Scott \u2064McAfee is a Georgia native. He is one of the newest judges on the\u200c Fulton County\u2063 Superior Court bench. He was appointed by\u2062 Governor Brian Kemp (R-Ga). <\/p>\n<p>According\u2062 to his <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.georgia.gov\/scott-mcafee\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/oig.georgia.gov\/scott-mcafee\">biography<\/a>, prior to being appointed to the bench McAfee served as the \u2063states Inspector General and also as a prosecutor where\u2062 he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-scott-mcafee-judge-overseeing-trumps-georgia-election-probe\/\" title=\"Scott McAfee is the judge overseeing Trump's Georgia election investigation.\">investigated \u201cmajor drug trafficking organizations<\/a>, fraud, and illegal firearms possession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After McAfee was named Inspector General, Kemp said \u201chis experience as a tough prosecutor equips him to search out fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption, and bring those to justice who break the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McAfee obtained his undergraduate degree from Emory University in 2010\u200c and his law degree from the\u2063 University of Georgia in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has been given until noon on \u200dAugust 25<sup>th<\/sup> to turn himself \u200bin.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oann.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fdershowitz-the-4th-trump-indictment-is-very-very-dangerous%2F&#038;t=Dershowitz%3A%20The%204th%20Trump%20Indictment%20is%20%E2%80%98Very%2C%20Very%20Dangerous%E2%80%99\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Donald Trump gives his sympathies to the people of Hawaii following the deadliest wildfires the Aloha \u200cState has faced.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Congressman Scott \u200dPerry tells One \u200dAmerica \u2063News that the Department of Justice has \u200dobstructed justice by blocking the Oversight Committee\u2019s investigation of president Biden and his family.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The First \u2062Amendment is put under the spotlight after local \u201cKansas\u201d police raid the office of a small newspaper.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A grassroots fight over parental and transgender children\u2019s \u2064rights is brewing in New Jersey. 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