By Brianna Lyman, The Federalist, March 15, 2024
Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist.
Judge McAfee ruled Willis potentially lied and had a ‘tremendous lapse in judgement’ but could nonetheless continue her get-Trump crusade.
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee found District Attorney Fani Willis potentially lied, cast “racial aspersions” on a defendant, and had a “tremendous lapse in judgement,” but could nonetheless continue her crusade targeting a former president — so long as special prosecutor Nathan Wade withdraws from the case.
McAfee issued a decision Friday saying the defendants “failed to meet their burden of proving that the District Attorney acquired an actual conflict of interest in this case.” …