{"id":2002874,"date":"2023-08-16T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T21:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-presiding-over-trump-georgia-case-previously-worked-under-kemp-fulton-county-da\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T17:57:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T21:57:17","slug":"judge-presiding-over-trump-georgia-case-previously-worked-under-kemp-fulton-county-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-presiding-over-trump-georgia-case-previously-worked-under-kemp-fulton-county-da\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge in Trump Georgia case previously worked for Kemp, Fulton County DA."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fjudge-presiding-over-trump-georgia-case-previously-worked-under-kemp-fulton-county-da%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=2002874&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--><h2>Fulton County Judge to Preside Over Trial of Former President Donald Trump<\/h2>\n<p>Fulton County Superior Court Judge \u2062Scott\u2063 McAfee, appointed just six <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">months ago<\/a> by \u200dGeorgia\u200c Governor Brian Kemp, will preside over the highly-scrutinized \u200dtrial of former President Donald Trump and his allies regarding\u2063 their actions during the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee, 34, obtained his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-new-legal-team-for-impeachment-defense-after-previous-team-collapsed\/\" title=\"Trump Announces New Legal Team For Impeachment Defense After Previous Team Collapsed\">law degree<\/a> from the\u200c University of Georgia and has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/free-beacon-poll-mccormick-overtakes-oz-in-pa-primary\/\" title=\"Free Beacon Poll: McCormick Overtakes Oz in PA Primary\">impressive background<\/a>. He previously worked as the Peach State&#8217;s inspector general under Kemp and also\u200d served under\u2064 Democrat Fulton County\u2063 District Attorney Fani Willis.<\/p>\n<p>During his time with the Fulton\u200d County District Attorney&#8217;s office, McAfee worked in the complex trial division, handling \u2062homicide prosecutions. He later became a federal prosecutor in the Northern District of Georgia, focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-presiding-over-trump-georgia-case-previously-worked-under-kemp-fulton-county-da\/\" title=\"Judge in Trump Georgia case previously worked for Kemp, Fulton County DA.\">major drug \u200btrafficking\u200d investigations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee&#8217;s appointment as Georgia&#8217;s inspector general further solidified his reputation as\u2062 a tough prosecutor, equipped to seek out fraud, waste, \u200dabuse, and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2022, McAfee was appointed to the Fulton County Superior Court, where he made headlines by holding pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood in contempt of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">court<\/a> and ordering him to pay a fine.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee&#8217;s experience extends beyond his legal career. He interned for former Georgia Supreme Court Judges David Nahmias and Keith Blackwell, both appointed by Republicans. He was also actively involved in organizations such as\u2064 the Federalist Society and Law Republicans while in law school.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing\u2063 trials in multiple states, including\u200d New York,\u200c Florida, and Washington, \u200cD.C., \u200cformer President Trump has decried the prosecution and vowed to \u2062present evidence of voter fraud \u200bin the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Points:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Fulton \u200cCounty Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee will preside over the trial of former President Donald Trump and his allies.<\/li>\n<li>McAfee has an impressive background, previously working as Georgia&#8217;s inspector general and serving under Fulton County District Attorney\u2063 Fani Willis.<\/li>\n<li>He has experience in complex \u200ctrials and \u200dmajor drug trafficking investigations.<\/li>\n<li>McAfee&#8217;s appointment to the Fulton County \u200bSuperior Court was\u2064 followed by a high-profile case involving pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood.<\/li>\n<li>Former President Trump faces trials \u200bin multiple states and has criticized the \u2062prosecution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE \u200dDAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee, appointed by Governor Brian Kemp, will oversee the trial of ex-President Donald Trump and his allies. Despite being in the position for only six months, the 34-year-old McAfee, a University of Georgia law graduate, faces the intense scrutiny surrounding their actions during the 2020 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2002875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}