"Don't you have some concern about the appearance of a conflict?"

The reason cited for this move was to "avoid 'any appearance of a conflict.'"

Even for a moment, assuming they're not, there's still the appearance of a conflict.

The reporter then asked if she could have avoided the appearance of a conflict.

He said it had created at least the appearance of a conflict of interest.

"Every judge has to avoid even the appearance of a conflict, so we should look into this."

The first is the appearance of a conflict of interest.

They said this gave the appearance of a conflict of interest.

"I set my own little rule and tried to avoid appearance of a conflict," he explained recently.

And if there's an appearance of a conflict, it would still be there.