The Georgia district attorney attempting to indict Donald Trump has previously been disqualified for political prejudice in election prosecutions.
According to the Daily Caller, a judge blocked Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from pursuing a prosecution against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the fall of 2022 due to his involvement in Mr. Trump’s 2020 Georgia presidential campaign.
Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney chastised Ms. Willis for organizing a fundraiser for Charlie Bailey, Mr. Jones’ Democratic opponent in the 2022 lieutenant governor contest.
“Any decision the district attorney makes about Senator Jones in connection with the grand jury investigation is necessarily infected by it,” Judge McBurney declared during Mr. Jones’ campaign as a state senator.
The claim comes as Ms. Willis faces criticism for employing a guy with whom she allegedly had an affair to handle the Trump case, so diverting public dollars to him. Some of the money was allegedly spent on her.
The judge stated that while Ms. Willis’ contributions to the Bailey campaign would not cause him to exclude her from the case, there was also “extensive, direct, public, and job-related campaign work the district attorney performed on behalf of candidate Bailey.”
“This decision, which the district attorney was within her rights as an elected official to make, has implications. “She had bestowed her office’s imprimatur on Senator Jones’ opponent,” Judge McBurney continued.