Political Rewind: Fulton DA disqualified; Camden Spaceport Saga; Carter's no vote on gay marriage

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who's leading an investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, has run into a roadblock concerning one of the targets of the probe.

Credit: John Bazemore | AP

The panelists: 

Chuck Williams, @chuckwilliams, Reporter, WRBL-TV

Margaret Coker, @mideastmargaret , Editor in chief, The Current

Maya King, @mayaaking, Politics reporter, The New York Times

Tamar Hallerman, @TamarHallerman, Senior reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The breakdown: 

1. Judge disqualifies Fulton DA from investigating GOP lieutenant governor nominee in election probe.

• District Attorney Fani Willis and her office are disqualified from investigating Burt Jones' role as one of 16 fake electors that falsely claimed former President Donald Trump won the state's 2020 election.

  • GPB's Stephen Fowler reports Judge Robert McBurney granted the motion from Jones after ruling that Willis hosting a June fundraiser for Democrat Charlie Bailey. 

  • The New York Times reported on the national attention this probe is getting.

2. How will Roe v. Wade affect turnout in November? 

• A Marquette Law School Poll shows that there is little evidence that the ruling changed partisan motivation to vote in the 2022 election.
• Maya King reports that Democrats like Abrams are balancing messages of the economy and this ruling. 

3. Camden Spacesport deal is no more. 

• The Current reports that the corporate owner of the 4,000-acre Camden property required for the county’s spaceport project is no longer negotiating with the county for the land.
• Camden County spent more than $11 million to develop its Spaceport Camden to launch small commercial rockets up to 12 times a year.
  • Voters in Camden County rejected the spaceport in a special March referendum vote. 
    • Georgia's Supreme Court will decide if that vote is legally binding. 

4. Republican Buddy Carter votes against codifying gay marriage. 

• Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 267-157 to write same-sex marriage into federal law.
  • The push comes after the Supreme Court's ruling on Roe v. Wade and an opinion from Justice Clarence Thomas which included cases on same-sex marriage and contraception. 

Wednesday on Political Rewind:  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein joins the panel.