This evening in Arizona, the Maricopa County Superior Court Judge, Christopher Coury, who oversaw the case related to the Democrats’ challenge to the audit currently going on in the county, recused himself from the case. The reason is that the Democrats shopped around and found an attorney who interned with Judge Coury and hired him. When the new attorney was introduced today for the first time the Judge was forced to resign from the case.
Judge Coury reported that a new attorney announced today in the case, Chris Viskovic, used to intern for him so he recused himself from the case.
So, had the judge been appointed before they hired his former intern? If so, you would think that would amount to some sort of legal misconduct, it's basically playing shenanigans with the legal system in order to just fuck things over that aren't going your way. Although, with the number of lawyers they have, they could go and hire a lawyer who interned for pretty much every judge that they don't want presiding, thereby fixing the selection to one that they want.
I'm Jack's complete lack of fucking surprise at all this fuckery.
I don't see why the procedure wouldn't be to prohibit them from hiring someone with a conflict of interest with the judge presiding in the case. Why are judges being recused and effectively nullified instead of stopping the issue at the level of the hiring choice, which occurred subsequently to the appointment?
I don't understand why the judge had to recuse, not the attorney. Surely Viskovic has breached legal ethics, though being a dodgy shyster is a selling point for some.
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