MTG’s Recusal Demand of Judge in Fani Willis Case Shredded by Legal Experts

An apoplectic Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) complained on Friday that Judge Scott McAfee should have recused himself in the Fani Willis case because he once “worked for” the Fulton County district attorney and donated to her campaign.

The MAGA congresswoman’s arguments were summarily dismissed by legal experts, however, who noted that Greene did not cite a “sufficient basis for judicial recusal” and that McAfee’s ruling was highly critical of Willis’ “unprofessional” behavior.

Following Willis’ combative testimony in which she defended her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she assigned to the election interference case against Donald Trump, McAfee ruled that there was a “significant appearance of impropriety that infects the current structure of the prosecution team.” He added that it could only be resolved if one of them left the case, resulting in Nathan Wade tending his resignation hours later.

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