Nov. 22—A grievance has been filed towards Corridor County Solicitor Common Stephanie Woodard by the Georgia Authorities Transparency and Marketing campaign Finance Fee alleging the prosecutor has not filed correctly for years, based on paperwork obtained by The Occasions.
The grievance was initiated by the fee and filed Nov. 14 towards Woodard, who was appointed in 2008 as Solicitor Common and re-elected a number of instances.
The grievance alleged that Woodard didn’t file her private monetary disclosure statements in 2018-2020 after which did not file the 2021 and 2022 disclosure statements in a well timed method.
The fee additionally alleged that Woodard didn’t file marketing campaign contribution disclosure studies from sure intervals over the course of 2018 via this 12 months.
Woodard ran unopposed as a Republican on this 12 months’s election.
Woodard is already dealing with a state evaluation of how her workplace dealt with funds supposed for crime victims after a tv report alleged they went for her private use.
The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia appointed Georgia Legal professional Common Chris Carr in late October to analyze Woodard for “allegations of theft by conversion and violation of oath by a public officer,” based on an order obtained by The Occasions.
Concerning the allegations of misappropriated funds, Woodard beforehand stated in an announcement that non-public bills had been confused as sufferer bills unintentionally and that she personally reimbursed these errors.
The Occasions reached out to Woodard through telephone and e mail for touch upon the marketing campaign finance fee’s grievance, however these requests weren’t instantly returned.
The fee has additionally subpoenaed Woodard for financial institution data associated to her marketing campaign account to be obtained by Dec. 14. It contains financial institution statements, deposit/withdrawal slips, checks, wire transfers and another banking transactions from November 2017 to now.
If the claims are substantiated, the fee is searching for that Woodard is appropriately sanctioned for violation of the Marketing campaign Finance Act and that she file any excellent private monetary and marketing campaign contribution disclosures.
The marketing campaign finance fee’s authority permits them to evaluate civil penalties and refer the case to legislation enforcement if a felony violation is discovered.
