Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed a three-person panel tasked with deciding whether embattled Cobb County Superior Court Clerk Connie Taylor should remain in office during her own criminal case.

Taylor was indicted last month on charges she instructed an employee to destroy public documents instead of handing them over in response to an open records request from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

She faces two counts of destruction of public records and two counts of violating her oath of office following an investigation by the GBI. The charges were brought by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr following a slew of controversies related to Taylor’s conduct in office.

The three-member commission appointed by Kemp includes two Georgia clerks and a retired Georgia Supreme Court justice.

Forme

See Full Page