Former Trump White House lawyer Stefan Passantino asked a censured federal trial judge in Atlanta to vacate her previous ruling against him in a lawsuit challenging the US House Jan. 6 Committee, citing the judge’s close ties to Democratic Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Judge Eleanor Ross of the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has already admitted that she attended a campaign victory party for Willis and recused herself from another political case involving the US Justice Department’s attempt to obtain Georgia voter rolls, Passantino’s Thursday motion said.
Passantino in 2023 sued the House committee ...
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