What to know about the judge who handling Trump's Georgia election case
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The judge overseeing former President Trump's Georgia election interference case, Scott McAfee, is one of the newest judges on the Superior Court of Fulton County.
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case, Scott McAfee, is one of the newest judges on the Superior Court of Fulton County.
Appointed to the bench by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and sworn in on Feb. 1, 2023, McAfee previously served as the Georgia inspector general, where he was tasked with overseeing fraud and corruption within Georgia's executive branch.
"Scott McAfee is a strong addition to my administration," Kemp said in the statement in 2021 about McAfee's appointment. "His experience as a tough prosecutor equips him to search out fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption, and bring those to justice who break the law."
Across his ten-year career as a lawyer before being appointed to the bench, McAfee spent all but six months in public service, notably working for three and a half years with the Fulton County district attorney's office. He also worked as a federal prosecutor in Georgia and as an assistant district attorney in Barrow County, Georgia.
