The upcoming election year is shaping up to begin in a very interesting, not to say painful, way. The question is how interesting what’s going to happen in January will seem in November.
The federal grand jury investigating the commission formerly known as the State Ethics Commission is scheduled to meet Jan. 14 to receive documents related to its investigation of complaints against Gov. Nathan Deal going back to his 2010 race for governor. Deal and his attorney, Randy Evans, have so far taken a “who, me?” position to the news that three current or former ethics commission employees have been subpoenaed by the federal panel, speculating that the grand jury probe must be about the mishandling of documents at the commission, even though the documents are about Deal’s 2010 campaign.
A federal grand jury investigation is not something to pass too lightly over, particularly in an election year when you have primary and general election opponents waiting.
