Judge who attended Fani Willis campaign event recuses from DOJ voting lawsuit

A federal judge agreed to step aside on Monday from a major voting lawsuit brought by the Trump administration after an investigation discovered the judge attended a campaign event for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D), who prosecuted Trump after the 2020 election. 

U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross said she didn’t agree with all the Justice Department’s assertions, but she conceded they were enough for her to recuse. 

“And perceived support of Willis’s position on election integrity could cause an objective observer to significantly doubt the undersigned’s impartiality in this case,” Ross wrote. “Therefore, out of an abundance of caution for the potential perception of bias, the undersigned will disqualify herself from further proceedings in this case.” 

Ross is an appointee of former President Obama.

Pressure has grown on the judge after an investigation found she engaged in a two-year affair with a high-ranking police officer in her judicial district. It further discovered she had........

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