The state ethics commission has asked former Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards to account for nearly $80,000 that disappeared from his campaign finance reports in 2010.
“It could be merely accounting errors, it could be more serious,” Stefan Ritter, the commission’s executive director told Channel 2 Action News. “But we’re talking almost $80,000 in unaccounted for expenditures, and that’s a pretty serious situation. We will take that very seriously.”
Edwards’ missing campaign cash was first disclosed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Channel 2 Action News and The Georgia News Lab in March. The news organizations reported Edwards could not account for the missing $80,000. Since then, he has repeatedly refused to provide records he says can explain the discrepancy.
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