Georgia Gov. Nathan DealATLANTA – Two employees of the state ethics commission have received federal grand jury subpoenas seeking documents regarding ethics complaints involving Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, according to two people with knowledge of the case.
The commission’s executive secretary, Holly LaBerge, received a subpoena Wednesday, a person with direct knowledge of the case told The Associated Press. The AP obtained a copy of the federal grand jury subpoena for staff attorney Elisabeth Murray-Obertein from a person familiar with the case. The two individuals spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
Deal’s attorney Randy Evans said the inquiry does not involve the governor and likely includes allegations that documents in the case held by the agency may have been altered or destroyed.
“We’re not involved in this,” Evans said by phone. “If documents have been removed, altered or destroyed then there should be an investigation. That’s what we’ve said from the beginning.”
LaBerge declined comment and referred questions to her attorney, who did not respond to messages seeking comment. Murray-Obertein’s attorney Cheryl Legare also declined comment, as did Bob Page, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta.