The judge in Georgia’s most high-profile trial of a former president is a 34-year-old kid who was supervised by the prosecutor who will be bringing the case before him. The media will keep emphasizing that he was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp, much as it emphasized that the Hunter Biden special counsel was appointed by Trump, but such things are often meaningless in an industry where professional connections matter more.

Judge McAfee, 34, rose quickly in Georgia’s legal world after graduating from law school a decade ago, and one of his first jobs was in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. There, he handled early stages of felony cases before being promoted to the complex trial division. The division was led at the time by Fani T. Willis, the prosecutor overseeing the Trump case, according to a former district attorney and another lawyer who worked in the office at the time.

Ms. Willis, who became the district attorney in 2021 after Judge McAfee had left the office, began a wide-ranging investigation of Mr. Trump and his allies regarding the 2020 election that culminated in a grand jury indictment on Monday night.

Convenient.

An inexperienced judge who worked under the prosecutor trying this case. Who was also picked as a U.S. assistant attorney by the U.S. attorney who was forced to quit by Trump over voter fraud claims in Georgia.

Nothing to see here.