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Posted on 02/02/2026 7:46:37 AM PST by Twotone
ATLANTA (AP) — A third Georgia lawmaker has been accused of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal prosecutors announced Friday they were charging state Rep. Dexter Sharper, a Valdosta Democrat, with making false statements to collect $13,825 in unemployment benefits. It’s the latest example of a growing wave of charges against Georgia lawmakers that U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg warned of in December.
Prosecutors allege Sharper, who represents a South Georgia district, indicated in his application for benefits that he was employed only by his party rental business but hadn’t worked there since March 13, 2020. He submitted 38 weekly certifications saying he was not earning money and was looking for work. Prosecutors said in reality, he was earning money from two to three jobs per week.
Sharper was allegedly earning $325 a week as a state representative and up to $275 per week working as a musician. His party rental business was also generating $2,231 per week, prosecutors said.
“While many of his constituents and fellow citizens were losing jobs and desperately needed unemployment assistance during the pandemic, Representative Sharper allegedly pretended to be out of work to collect a share of unemployment benefits for himself,” said Hertzberg in a statement. “When government officials lie to take money, and do it while holding an elected office, it violates the trust of citizens and weakens faith in our elected government.”
Sharper declined to comment, citing ongoing litigation. He didn’t say whether he would be resigning from the House.
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While the weather outside is frightful
Indicting Dems is so delightful
From Hillary to Hussein
Let it arraign, let it arraign, let it arraign
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This is exactly why we were locked down.
A third Georgia lawmaker has been accused of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is like putting a lock on your door. It doesn’t stop hard criminals but does stop criminal of opportunity. That is the goal of this.
Just can’t help , gots to have that free money
Jan 6 did more to obliterate faith in (a just now? questionable even more so in georgia) ‘elected??’ government than any of this graft that has been going on a lot longer!
$1.5 trillion, which the Biden administration just passed out during the pandemic, is so much money that it is incomprehensible. It is 1500× $1 billion. Even 1 billion is hard to think about because each billion is 1000× $1,000,000.
This magic money went to democrat cronies and potential voters. It will be paid for by working taxpayers due to the interest on the debt for generations to come.
“””Just can’t help , gots to have that free money”””
Gimmedat
Actually, it’s Smiff.
“up to $275 per week working as a musician”
Everything was shut down, so where was he working as a musician?
They should indict him for breaking the shut-down regs, too.
It really doesn’t matter what Dems say or do, the public in their districts will still elect them.
No surprise, dey hongrey for freebies - they are just the 21st century iteration of the Chicken Thief. The feathers always give dem away.
Honest politicians should fight this fraud on every quarter.
But, as always, a large part of the blame rests with the dishonest national media, who, like many people saw the fraud many years ago, but chose to dishonor their profession by remaining silent.
Dem Dems, dey is covered in feathers.
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