The Georgia Hour, episode 71: Financial Misuse and Political Maneuver by GA GOP Chair Josh McKoon

Josh McK­oon, Geor­gia GOP Chair­man, faces scruti­ny over alleged finan­cial mis­man­age­ment and polit­i­cal schem­ing. Crit­ics, includ­ing David Cross, demand his res­ig­na­tion, cit­ing ques­tion­able GA GOP Inc. expen­di­tures, such as $479 for per­son­al train­er ses­sions, charges at Lutz Clean­ers, and a $1,771.40 din­ner at Mastro’s in Scotts­dale, AZ, poten­tial­ly linked to Turn­ing Point Action’s endorse­ment. Oth­er sus­pect charges include a $3,350 din­ner at Hal’s Steak­house, a $1,235.10 Ken­tucky Soci­ety of Wash­ing­ton mem­ber­ship, and a $5,000 pay­ment to Best Guest Media, pos­si­bly tied to Katie Frost, a McK­oon sup­port­er. Donors are wary, sus­pect­ing mis­use of funds, with McK­oon alleged­ly pres­sur­ing the trea­sur­er under penal­ty of per­jury. His salary at the Tech­ni­cal Col­lege Sys­tem of Geor­gia, under Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp, rose from $163,000 in 2020 to $228,000 in 2024, with trav­el expens­es of $17,800. McK­oon boasts about his recent $10,000 GOP con­tri­bu­tion, sus­pect­ing it fund­ed a hos­pi­tal­i­ty room not from his gen­eros­i­ty as he plays it to be. Is McK­oon plan­ning to resign as chair to run for Sec­re­tary of State, installing Grubbs as chair. A state inves­ti­ga­tion into GOP finances is demand­ed amid claims of a cov­er-up.

• We have a team around Geor­gia that is tired of the swamp. The GOP has pushed peo­ple too far. 
• Josh McK­oon does not want to be chair­man of the GA GOP Inc. He thought that he could ride the coat­tails of Trump and after win­ning the elec­tion for Trump he didn’t think any­one would chal­lenge him. He has a slew of endorse­ments and it should be a slam dunk. He would get elect­ed with Salleigh Grubbs as his run­ning mate and after the cheer­ing was over in Dal­ton, three months lat­er he would drop out and run for Sec­re­tary of State and then install Salleigh Grubbs as chair. 
• David Cross has offi­cial­ly asked for the res­ig­na­tion of Josh McK­oon due to the infor­ma­tion that is com­ing out about the GOP finan­cials. Did Josh give $10K to the GOP or did he buy a hos­pi­tal­i­ty room. 
• Josh McK­oon works for Bri­an Kemp. He is the exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Tech­ni­cal col­lege sys­tem of Geor­gia. He has gone from $163K with $0 trav­el in 2020 to $228K with $17.8K trav­el in 2024. A full inves­ti­ga­tion from the state and into the GA GOP Inc finances. McK­oon should not be shred­ding things. He has already told you that he acci­den­tal­ly paid for a per­son­al. 
• We talked about the per­son­al train­er that was paid for by the GA GOP in the amount of $479, 5 charges. We have charges for Lutz Clean­ers, 2 charges with fed­er­al share. Josh is pulling out the cred­it card for what seems to be per­son­al items. 
• There are a num­ber of donors that the GA GOP does not have because of the sus­pect of mis­use of the funds. Josh throws out the penal­ty of per­jury on the trea­sur­er for sign­ing the doc­u­ment. It seems that the card is being thrown out fre­quent­ly. Show us when the mon­ey was returned back to the GOP, did you find it or was it returned because you were put on the spot. 
• Katie Frost is the mod­er­a­tor of the Fri­day night forum. She goes into this with the focus that Josh needs cov­er. She has endorsed Josh on her X feed. 
• How much longer is Kan­diss Tay­lor, Deb­bie Doo­ley, Katie Frost going to be part of the coverup. 
• If you are a friend of JOsh and a dis­trict chair, Chatham coun­ty got $1826 for a watch par­ty. 
• Wait­ing on some answers on a meet­ing at Brooks Broth­ers, cater­ing Buck­head Butch­er, per­son­al train­er meet­ing at Alloy Per­son­al (5 charges), FEA Staff Vic­to­ry din­ner at Hal’s Steak­house, 11-15-2024 for 3350.00, Ken­tucky Soci­ety of Wash­ing­ton for a meet­ing and mem­ber­ship in the amount of $1235.10, a cou­ple of charges to Lutz Clean­ers. Now it is March, a din­ner meet­ing in Scotts­dale AZ, who paid for air­fare, the elec­tion is over, charged at Mastro’s for $1771.40. This is the home of Turn­ing Point Action? Is this a thank you for their endorse­ment?  
• $5000 pay­ment to Best Guest Media on March 24. Who is the $5000 for. Best Guest Media is a media tal­ent on net­works. Amy Doyle worked with the Ted Cruz cam­paign and so did Katie Frost. Inter­est­ing that Katie has been on the net­works recent­ly. How many receipts go to Best Guest Media and did it go to Katie Frost? 
• Josh McK­oon was at the Col­lege Repub­li­cans Forum and hint­ed at a cam­paign promise for sec­re­tary of state. It sounds like he is run­ning for office. He is not going to look for an AG, Sen­ate or Gov­er­nor.. He is going to look for a sec­re­tary of state can­di­date. Remem­ber Josh ran for sec­re­tary of state. He doesn’t want to wait until 2030. 
• A deal has been made. Pos­si­bly 2 deals have been made. 
• Brad Barnes has become a sur­ro­gate for Josh McK­oon, he has been seen rid­ing with Josh McK­oon and Salleigh Grubbs. Brad has flipped. When did Josh become his hero?