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An Atlanta judge criticized Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis
last September after she hosted a Democratic party fundraiser for an
opponent of one of the targets of her investigation.

Then-Georgia State Senator Burt Jones � who now serves as Georgia�s
Lieutenant Governor � has been named as an unindicted co-conspirator in
Willis� indictment against Trump and 18 of his advisers, lawyers and associates. While Jones is not currently facing charges, a special counsel
is currently investigating the matter.

While Jones was running for the lieutenant governor position, Fani Willis hosted a fundraiser for his Democratic opponent, Charlie Bailey. Willis
also donated to Bailey�s campaign earlier in the year.

�I suspect given the list of good Democratic district attorneys in this
state that we can find somebody who doesn�t have a conflict and hasn�t
hosted a fundraiser for either one,� Jones� attorney William Dillon argued
in court last September while attempting to have Willis removed from the
case due to conflict of interest. �Because certainly if somebody hosted a fundraiser for Senator Jones, the attorney general shouldn�t nominate that person either. Find somebody who doesn�t have a dog in the hunt. Fani
Willis had a dog in this hunt.�

While Willis was ultimately allowed to proceed with the case, Fulton
County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney criticized the Fulton County
DA and admitted that her actions appear partisan. �It�s a �What are you thinking?� moment,� McBurney said. �The optics are horrific. If you are
trying to have the public believe that this is a nonpartisan, driven by
the facts � I�m not going to critique decisions because the decision was
made,� he continued.

�But if we are trying to maintain confidence that this investigation is pursuing facts in a nonpartisan sense� no matter who the district attorney
is, we follow the evidence where it goes, and ignore the fact that I
hosted a fundraiser for the political opponent of someone I�ve just named
a target. That strikes me as problematic.�

�Using the title of your office and having on social media that you as
this political office holder are holding a fundraiser for the opponent of someone that this political office is investigating, I don�t know that
it�s an actual conflict, but I use that phrase: �What were you thinking?��
the judge said.

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