ATLANTA (AP) – A high-ranking Georgia state lawmaker says she is working to file two years of missing campaign finance records after the state ethics commission decided earlier this month that there is probable cause to believe she broke the law.
Rep. Erica Thomas, a Mableton Democrat, could be fined at a later date following a hearing before the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that it found at least $33,000 in unreported contributions to Thomas in a search of contribution records.
Thomas is the vice chairwoman of the Democratic Party’s House Caucus.
Thomas, who did not attend the meeting, said that an accounting firm on Tuesday began working with the commission to get her filings up to date. Since Tuesday, several reports were filed or updated. According to the filings, for finances reported so far between June 2018 and January 2020, Thomas has raised about $46,000 and spent about $43,000 on her campaigns in those years.