{"id":2003427,"date":"2023-08-17T09:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detail-about-judge-assigned-in-georgia-trump-case-raises-eyebrows\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T11:25:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T15:25:38","slug":"detail-about-judge-assigned-in-georgia-trump-case-raises-eyebrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detail-about-judge-assigned-in-georgia-trump-case-raises-eyebrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge assigned in Georgia Trump case raises concerns."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdetail-about-judge-assigned-in-georgia-trump-case-raises-eyebrows%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=2003427&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>Judge Assigned to Georgia Trump Case Raises Eyebrows<\/h2>\n<p>The judge assigned to handle former President Donald Trump\u2019s felony election fraud case in Georgia began his service on \u2062the bench just six \u200bmonths ago.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Scott McAfee was assigned \u2062the case\u2064 this week, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/08\/15\/judge-scott-mcafee-georgia-trump-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The\u2064 Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee began his service as a Fulton County Superior Court judge \u200din February, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/15\/politics\/scott-mcafee-trump-judge-georgia-rico-case\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He previously served as a <a title=\"IG: \u2018Equity\u2019 Official Used Gov Job To Boost Her \u2018Entirely Duplicative\u2019 For-Profit Firm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ig-equity-official-used-gov-job-to-boost-her-entirely-duplicative-for-profit-firm\/\">state inspector general<\/a> \u201cresponsible for investigating \u2064allegations of fraud, waste, and abuse in the Executive Branch of state\u200b government,\u201d\u2062 according to\u200c a March 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.georgia.gov\/press-releases\/2021-03-30\/gov-kemp-names-mcafee-office-inspector-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> on his\u2062 appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Formerly a prosecutor, McAfee served under Fulton \u200bCounty \u200dDistrict Attorney Fani \u2062Williams \u2014 who is responsible for filing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/georgia-court-website-posts-document-13-charges-trump-deletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal charges<\/a> \u200b against \u200cTrump.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Gov. Brian\u2062 Kemp \u200dappointed McAfee as a state inspector general, touting his ethics and\u2062 professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis\u200b experience as a <a title=\"Scott McAfee is the judge overseeing Trump's Georgia election investigation.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-scott-mcafee-judge-overseeing-trumps-georgia-election-probe\/\">tough prosecutor equips<\/a> him to search out\u200c fraud, waste, abuse, and\u200d corruption, and bring those\u2064 to justice who break \u200cthe law,\u201d Kemp \u2063said in a statement\u2064 at the \u2063time.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee has a reputation as a \u2063conservative, according to the \u200bPost.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063newly minted judge appears to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@judgescottmcafee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> in which he uploads footage of <a title=\"BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Accurate List of 2020 Election Fraud Cases Shows 81 Cases Total, 30 Still Active \u2013 And NOT ONE SINGLE COURT Has Allowed Evidence to be Argued\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-exclusive-accurate-list-of-2020-election-fraud-cases-shows-81-cases-total-30-still-active-and-not-one-single-court-has-allowed-evidence-to-be-argued\/\">court cases<\/a>\u2062 he\u2019s presiding over.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump Faces 11 Charges in Election\u200b Fraud Case<\/h3>\n<p>Trump\u2062 is\u200c facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-indicted-ga-11-criminal-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11 charges<\/a> in the case, including a \u200ccharge of felony racketeering, in connection to his\u200d challenge \u200dof \u200cthe 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the newest round of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-court-bombshell-federal-judge-agreed-jack-smith-former-president-flee-prosecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal \u2063charges<\/a> against Trump have objected to McAfee\u2019s relative lack of experience as \u200ca\u2062 judge, describing him as an unfit candidate to preside over a trial of a former president.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So a judge \u2064will\u200d h a \u200bwhopping six months on\u200c the job gets to oversee the trial of our President. That is such a weird coincidence no? Our country \u200cwill have a <a title=\"Judge assigned in Georgia Trump case raises concerns.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detail-about-judge-assigned-in-georgia-trump-case-raises-eyebrows\/\">hard time coming back<\/a> from this. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrumpIndicment?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TrumpIndicment<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j74kTLnV8n\">https:\/\/t.co\/j74kTLnV8n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael\u2064 Dale (@midelaro83) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/midelaro83\/status\/1691908947530362949?\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s \u200cnot\u2063 certain that \u200bMcAfee will ultimately oversee trial proceedings in Trump\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>The matter could end up with\u200b another \u200djudge, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen other defendants \u2014 including former New \u200bYork Mayor Rudy\u2063 Giuliani and former White House Chief of \u200dStaff \u200bMark Meadows \u2014 are also named as defendants in the <a href=\"https:\/\/int.nyt.com\/data\/documenttools\/georgia-indictment-trump\/daed97d37562a76f\/full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indictment \u200bdocument<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/detail-judge-assigned-georgia-trump-case-raises-eyebrows\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Detail About\u2064 Judge \u2062Assigned\u200b in Georgia Trump Case Raises \u2064Eyebrows<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge Scott McAfee, who started his tenure as a Fulton County Superior Court judge in February, has been assigned to preside over former President Donald Trump&#8217;s election fraud case in Georgia. Despite being on the bench for just six months, McAfee will handle this high-profile case, as reported by The Washington Post and CNN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2003428,"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":"Judge assigned in Georgia Trump case raises concerns.","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Judge assigned in Georgia Trump case raises concerns.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003427","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\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}