Fulton Trump judge wins four-year term on bench

Scott McAfee, the rookie judge overseeing the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 14 others, cruised to his first full term on the Fulton Superior Court bench following Tuesday’s election.

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McAfee easily bested Robert Patillo, a civil rights attorney who criticized the judge’s background as a former Fulton and federal prosecutor. The Associated Press called the race roughly 30 minutes after polls closed.

The 34-year-old appointee of Gov. Brian Kemp had spent just six months on the bench when he was randomly selected last summer to oversee the election case.

A third candidate, Tiffani Johnson, was disqualified from the race due to a residency challenge. A former Fulton assistant solicitor, Johnson recently appealed a lower-court ruling to the Supreme Court of Georgia, which did not rule before Election Day.

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