Re: Report: Black Child-abusing Georgia Dem May Face Another Run-In With the Law

[Governor Swill]

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Democratic Georgia senator Raphael Warnock might have violated
federal law by paying campaign lawyers to represent him in a
personal lawsuit, Politico reported Wednesday.

Warnock last year paid his campaign's lawyers, the Elias Law
Group, to represent him in a personal lawsuit involving actions
before he became a senator. That decision might have breached
federal election law, experts say.

This is far from the first time Warnock, who this year will
square off against Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a
closely watched campaign, has faced legal trouble. Warnock's ex-
wife says the Georgia senator harassed her and neglected their
children. As the senior pastor of a Maryland church in 2002,
Warnock repeatedly disrupted an investigation into child abuse
at a church-sponsored summer camp, leading to his arrest.

Democratic superlawyer Marc Elias, whose law firm represents
Warnock's campaign and received the campaign funds, called the
payment "completely legal," saying the FEC has ruled that
spending campaign money on personal expenses is permissible.

None of the FEC rulings that Elias cited, however, says anything
about lawsuits in which the events occurred before the
officeholder held office, Politico found.

Political law attorney Charlie Spies, a Republican, disagrees
with Elias.

"If Warnock is using campaign money to pay for a lawsuit that
predates his running for office," Spies told Politico, "then by
definition it existed irrespective of his candidacy and would be
impermissible to use campaign funds on."

"I don't think his donors are giving for him to fund personal
lawsuits," Spies said.

Published under: 2022 Election, Campaign Finance, Georgia
Senate, Raphael Warnock

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another-run-in-with-the-law/