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By KATE BRUMBACK<\/strong><\/p>\n

ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 A federal judge who was disciplined after an investigation found that she had sex with a police officer in her chambers and attended a partisan event, then lied when confronted with the allegations, has recused herself in a fight over Georgia election records after the U.S. Department of Justice raised questions about her ability to be impartial.<\/p>\n

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The Justice Department sought to remove U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross from the case, citing her reported attendance at an event for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who prosecuted President Donald Trump. Ross on Tuesday filed an order recusing herself, writing that she was doing so \u201cout of an abundance of caution for the potential perception of bias.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Justice Department had sued Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger seeking an unredacted statewide voter list, and Ross was presiding over that case.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth the Trump administration\u2019s present and Willis\u2019s past efforts have become heavily polarized,\u201d Ross wrote, explaining that she \u201ccannot discount\u201d that an objective observer might interpret her attendance at an event sponsored by Willis\u2019 campaign as support for the district attorney\u2019s position, even if she only went to see former colleagues.<\/p>\n

Ross received a \u201cprivate reprimand\u201d after a court investigation found that she had sex in the courthouse with a high-ranking uniformed police officer within earshot of staff, attended a partisan event and then initially lied to deny the allegations.<\/p>\n

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The investigation report says Ross went to an event hosted by a district attorney\u2019s campaign. The judge said the district attorney had been a friend since 1999 and acknowledged having gone to the a private mixer held on the sidelines of the event to visit with former colleagues in the district attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Ross previously worked in the Fulton County District Attorney\u2019s Office and overlapped there with Willis there before Willis was district attorney.<\/p>\n

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Willis in August 2023 obtained an indictment against Trump and 18 others, accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to overturn Georgia\u2019s 2020 election results. That case was ultimately dismissed in November.<\/p>\n

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