The chairman of the state judicial watchdog agency has notified the Fulton County district attorney that the agency did not seek or want a criminal prosecution of the Brunswick Circuit’s former chief judge, despite what county prosecutors may have said in court.

Lester Tate, chairman of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission, told the Daily Report that he sent a letter Nov. 19 to Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard clarifying the JQC’s position regarding pending criminal charges against Amanda Williams, the former chief Superior Court judge of the Brunswick Circuit.

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