Georgia GOP Chair Josh McKoon Faces Financial Scandal Allegations, Audit Looms

Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty Chair­man Josh McK­oon is scram­bling to mit­i­gate fall­out from alleged finan­cial impro­pri­eties with­in the Geor­gia GOP Inc., with claims that a finance inves­ti­ga­tion could lead to jail time. The par­ty paid $1,826 for debate watch par­ty food in Chatham Coun­ty, rais­ing ques­tions about fund mis­use. McKoon’s trip to the 9th dis­trict was alleged­ly a set­up, and he’s accused of deflect­ing blame for ques­tion­able charges, includ­ing Alloy Per­son­al expens­es mis­la­beled as meet­ings, poten­tial­ly vio­lat­ing cam­paign finance laws. Con­cerns arise about mis­use of RNC funds. Trea­sur­er Karen Hentschel notes Lau­rie McClain’s inabil­i­ty to review reports thor­ough­ly, while David Cross promis­es an audit with­in 45 days. McK­oon, an attor­ney, is report­ed­ly ner­vous, as a $2,000 com­pa­ny cred­it card charge could be felo­nious. McClain and Hentschel may seek whistle­blow­er sta­tus over pos­si­ble ille­gal activ­i­ties.

• Josh is work­ing over­time to make deals all across the state to try to pro­tect the cas­tle because what is being uncov­ered. If there could be an inves­ti­ga­tion of the finances of the GA GOP Inc there would be peo­ple going to jail. 
• The GA GOP Inc paid 1826.00 for food for debate watch par­ties for Chatham Coun­ty repub­li­can par­ty, Kan­diss Tay­lor dis­trict. 
• Josh and the attack dog went into the 9th dis­trict and it was all a set up. 
• Karen Hentschel has said that Lau­rie McClain gets these reports and she doesn’t have the time to go through the report before the dead­line. Josh is very ner­vous about the mon­ey. He is the CEO of the orga­ni­za­tion. Who is say­ing that these charges for Alloy Per­son­al are going under as a meet­ing. Cer­tain cam­paign finance laws apply fed­er­al­ly and non-fed­er­al­ly. Are they tak­ing some of the mil­lions from the RNC? 
• David Cross is promis­ing an audit with­in the first 45 days. Yes­ter­day we showed the records and called Alloy per­son­al­ly. Some­one filled out the form and divid­ed the mon­ey and cat­e­go­rized it under the meet­ing. 
• McK­oon is ner­vous that things are com­ing out that could be legal. He is try­ing to lay the blame on oth­ers. If the com­pa­ny cred­it card being used for $2000 is a felony, not a mis­take. Josh is an attor­ney and he knows what he is lay­ing out. 
• Lau­rie McClain and Karen Hen­schel may need to claim whistle­blow­er sta­tus because these may be ille­gal charges.