The case against Donald Trump alleges the Republican was part of a scheme to overturn his loss in Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden
has denied any wrongdoing and accused Willis, an elected Democrat, of being politically motivated.
McAfee was appointed to the court in February by the state’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp, according to the court’s website. McAfee is seeking election next year to retain his position as judge. McAfee will set the schedule for the trial and will likely have to sort through numerous unsettled legal questions raised by prosecuting a case that covers acts that occurred while Trump was president. The judge may be asked by Trump’s legal team to move the case out of Fulton County, where Biden won easily in 2020, or to federal court.
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