The State Ethics Commission has rejected a complaint by Attorney General Chris Carr seeking an investigation into the source of a $10 million loan Lt. Gov. Burt Jones made to his own gubernatorial campaign.
The commission said the complaint from Jones’ GOP rival wouldn’t be investigated because it “fails to allege a violation” of Georgia campaign finance laws.
Carr filed the complaint days after Jones entered the contest to succeed Governor Kemp. He raised questions about the loan’s origin by pointing to Jones’ 2022 financial disclosure.
Chairman David Emadi said the three-year-old personal financial disclosure “does not form a factual and legal basis” to investigate a loan reported more than three years later.
