BRAD RAFFENSPERGER, DEFEATED HEISTS IN THE PRIMARY. AN >>RUSS: UGLY MOMENT DURING A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETING HAS DOUGLAS COUNTY PROBATE JUDGE CHRISTINA PETERSON AND MORE LEGAL HOT WATER. >>COURTNEY: PETERSON ALREADY FACES COMPLAINTS FROM A STATE REGULATORY >>RUSS: BOARD, WHICH ASKED BUT FAILED TO GET HER TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FROM OFFICE LAST >>RUSS: YEAR. I TEAM REPORTER RANDY TRAVIS RETURNS WITH MORE ON HIS INVESTIGATION READY, COURTNEY PETERSON HAS ONLY BEEN IN OFFICE A YEAR AND A HALF. ALREADY SHE FACES 50 COUNTS. THAT'S 50, ACCUSING HER OF VIOLATING THE GEORGIA CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT. >>>>: YOU CAN MAKE IT RIGHT MARCH MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FRIENDLY TOWN HALL FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE SILVER CREEK RANCH NEIGHBORHOOD IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. KRISTINA PETERSON BEGAN SPEAKING, REPEATING HER DEMAND THE BOARD BE THROWN OUT AND MAKE WAY FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION. THE ABILITY TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION TOGETHER HOMEOWNERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME. OKAY NOMINATE AND ELECT THEIR ON BOARD CAN ONLY GO BY OR LEGAL. IT'S NOT 20 PROBATE JUDGE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. LISTEN TO HER. SHE GOT TWO PENDING LAWSUITS AGAINST US RIGHT NOW. REACTION TO PETERSON STEMS FROM A LAWSUIT SHE AND OTHERS FILED IN 2017 AGAINST THE H O. A THAT LED TO A $70,000 SETTLEMENT. ACCORDING TO A COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST HER BY THE JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION. PETERSON NEVER SHARE THAT MONEY WITH HER CLIENTS SOLEMNLY AFFIRM ITS ONE OF 50 COUNTS OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT. PETERSON NOW FACES WITHOUT COMING. MY GONNA FOLLOW THE LAW DO WHAT THE SUPREME COURT TELLS YOU TO DO. HOW ABOUT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THAT? WHY YOU STOLE THE $70,000 FROM YOUR PLAINTIFFS? GIVE THEM THEIR MONEY. YOU'RE GETTING MONEY, OR YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING FROM THIS COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE SPEAKING OUT LIKE THAT. DON'T TAKE THAT FROM SOMEBODY WHO AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO BE NOT EVERYTHING FOLLOWS QC ACCUSED PETERSON OF VIOLATING THE CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT IN THE MEETING BY ADVISING THE O A THAT THEY ARE GETTING BAD ADVICE FROM THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL. YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU? WOULD YOU START TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE OTHER SIDE'S CLIENTS? WHEN YOU KNEW THAT THEY WERE REPRESENTED ? I THINK THE ISSUE WITH THIS IS THAT, UM FOR A JUDGE, YOU DON'T GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO SPEAK OR TO TALK, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS A NEGOTIATION. HOW WOULD DISMISS THE LAWSUIT? NOW WE'RE UP TO 50 COUNTS. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT BECAUSE THEY KEEP ADDING AND ADDING AND ADDING COUNTS BECAUSE THEY UTTERLY FAILED AND TRYING TO GET HER INTERIM SUSPENDED LAST YEAR AND I FELT LIKE I WAS WALKING INTO A TRAP. LAST YEAR, PETERSON ORDERED THIS WOMAN JAILED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT AFTER SHE ASKED TO CHANGE HER FATHER'S NAME ON HER MARRIAGE LICENSE. P J. SKELTON ONLY LEARNED OF A REAL FATHER'S NAME AFTER THE WEDDING, BUT PETERSON DECIDED SHE HAD LIED WHEN SHE FILLED OUT THE ORIGINAL FORM. YOU GUYS THOUGHT I WAS JUST GONNA BE UNEASY PAPERWORK CHANGE THE FACE FIND KNOWN TO BE HONEST WITH YOU IF I KNOWN THAT SHE WOULD HAVE WENT TO JAIL BEHIND THIS, SO JUST FORGET ABOUT IT. YOU SEE, SAID PETERSON FAILED TO RESPECT AND COMPLY WITH THE LAW. SHE WAS DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY MARRIAGE WHERE PETERSON FIND YOURSELF IN TROUBLE CANNOT GO IN THIS BUILDING, AND EVENTUALLY SHE WENT IN THE FOX FIVE I TEAM ALSO REVEALED HOW PETERSON IGNORED SAFETY RULES BY ALLOWING THE PUBLIC INTO THE COURTHOUSE FOR WEEKEND WEDDING CEREMONIES WITH NO DEPUTIES WERE ASSIGNED TO THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT. THE J. Q C. SAID SHE DID THIS DESPITE BEING TOLD NO BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO THE JUDGE PUT ANYBODY AT RISK THAT DAY. SHE PUT ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES. THAT WORK IN THIS COURTHOUSE. AND THE CITIZENS WHO WOULD COME THAT MONDAY MORNING AT RISK. ATTORNEY LESTER TATE ONCE SERVED ON THE JAKE. YOU SEE , HE SAID HE'S NEVER SEEN A CASE WITH SO MANY COUNTS IF THEY HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BENCH. ONE COUNT WAS SUFFICIENT TO DO THAT. IT'S JUST BIZARRE TO ME THAT THAT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE ADDING TO IT, BUT IT'S ALSO ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO ME. THAT THE REASON THEY DO IS BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO PREVAIL. THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT DEREK HOUSTON, SAID HIS ATTORNEY WOULD NOT LET HIM TALK ON CAMERA. BUT AS FOR PETERSON, HE SAID, QUOTE, I THOUGHT HER ACTIONS WERE DISRUPTIVE, AND HER COMMENTS WERE TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL AND INAPPROPRIATE. AND BY THE WAY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION NEXT MONTH, SO THAT MAY TAKE THE WIND OUT OF THE SAILS OF THE JUDGES LAWSUIT AGAINST HER >>RUSS: NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY YOU TOLD US THAT SHE FACES 50 COUNTS OF VIOLATING JUDICIAL CONDUCT CODE. HO IS THAT POSSIBLY GOING TO BE RESOLVED? >>COURTNEY: COUNTS, ISN'T IT? I'M TOLD THAT THEY HAVE TO DO DISCOVERY NOW AND IT'S GOING TO IT MAY >>RUSS: BE A >>COURTNEY: WHILE BEFORE THE CASE ACTUALLY GETS TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT. A LOT OF TIMES THESE CASES GET RESOLVED TO GET SETTLED. NOT SURE THAT'S GONNA BE THE CASE. SO WITH THIS ONE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS NOT THE LAST. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT
