“It is such a routine part of how Georgia judges and attorneys interact that I don’t think it should have been disclosed, necessarily, past the mandatory disclosures,” he said. I don't necessarily like it, but this quote from the article is accurate and expecting McAfee to disclose this is unreasonable. Attorneys routinely make larger contributions than this to judge's campaigns on a regular basis. That is just the system we operate in. Not that I'm 100% on board with it, but it is what it is.
A $150 donation made prior to him becoming a judge is not a disqualifying event. If every judge I made campaign donations to disqualified himself or herself from cases I was involved in, I'd have a lot less running to do at the courthouse.
Nathan Wade's phone at Fani Willis' home 35 times before they say affair began: docs (nypost.com) Nathan Wade’s phone has been tracked to District Attorney Fani Willis’ home late night in 2021, well before the pair claim they were a couple, according to a bombshell new court filing by attorneys for Donald Trump in his Georgia election fraud case. On 35 occasions Wade was in the vicinity of the condo Willis was subleasing from a friend in Hapeville, Georgia, “for an extended period of time” between April 1, 2021 and Nov. 30, 2021, according to Charles Mittelstadt, an investigator hired by Trump’s team. Many of those visits were before Wade was hired by Willis to be special prosecutor of the Trump case in November 2021, and appear to contradict court testimony last week when he said he claimed he been at the condo no more than 10 times before he was hired. The duo have told the court they didn’t strike up a romantic relationship until the spring of 2022, and broke up around a year later.
Wait, it’s DT’s fault that Fani either hired her romantic partner as a special prosecutor working for her or ….. started a relationship with a subordinate ……. and then chose to reimburse this subordinate for her share of their shared vacations in cash so there would be no audit trail to support the sharing of romantic getaway costs in the event of any investigation of said relationship?
Curious if the people who claim to be concerned about this also feel the same way about Cannon presiding over a Trump case and any Trump cases that end up before the Supreme Court.
I think the practice of lawyers effectively funding judicial campaigns is stupid and rife with conflict. But, as you said, it is what it is. If judges weren’t elected, there would be need for this practice. But state judges are elected, and every single one of them has scores of lawyers and law firms contributing. There is, unfortunately, nothing out of the ordinary for a a judge to have lawyers before him that have contributed, some much more than others.
It is different. Canon was not elected; she was appointed l. She just so have been appointed by Trump. That alone is nit a disqualifying event, unless she is incapable of disregarding who appointed her.
When my mother lived in Sun City Center (famous for heavy voter turnout,) I had several several campaign luncheons at her home for judicial candidates. No one ever suggested that created a conflict.
That’s what I’m saying. It’s nit a conflict, and the Courts have held it is no basis for disqualification. I’ve held judicial fundraisers from my office, and contributed to scores of them. It’s not a conflict, but it is, to some extent, a cost of doing business. And it IS an ugly part of the process.
I agree and I'm not saying it should be disqualifying. Just pointing out the hypocrisy of being concerned about a $150 donation compared to Trump appointed judges ruling on his cases. I can only assume the people who would claim to be concerned about this haven't raised the same concerns in the other scenario.
The entire “concern” over the contributions that is widespread and been going on forever, is a typical Trump contrivance. Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump’s local counsel contributed to the campaign.
I knew this was a possibility, but wasn't certain what legal red tape they'd have to go through to obtain. Sounds like this has been being worked on by President Trump's team for a while.
