r.-robin mcdonald

March 06, 2019 | Daily Report Online

An Atlanta businessman allegedly paid more than $40,000 in bribes to Atlanta attorney Adam Smith for three years while Smith was the chief procurement officer at City Hall, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

March 06, 2019 | Daily Report Online

A Cobb County judge will hear a petition filed by former Gov. Roy Barnes claiming that members of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission were illegally appointed.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

March 04, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The state paid out $1.5 million to settle a race discrimination suit stemming from the firing of three black employees.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

February 28, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The state ethics commission is moving quickly to replace its former executive secretary, who resigned following complaints that he had squelched potential ethics inquiries and downloaded hundreds of pornographic images on his state computer.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

February 27, 2019 | National Law Journal

Sheri Dillon and Stefan Passantino have been asked to appear for a “transcribed interview.”

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

February 27, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Sheri Dillon and Stefan Passantino have been asked to appear for a “transcribed interview.”

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

February 26, 2019 | Daily Report Online

A court clerk who was instructed by Superior Court Judge Robert "Mack" Crawford to pay him $15,675.62 that had languished in the court registry for 15 years said it was Crawford's idea, not hers, to give him the money. Crawford's personal bank account was more than $2,000 overdrawn when he deposited the check in his personal account shortly before Christmas 2017.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

February 25, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Pike County Superior Court Judge Robert "Mack" Crawford is accused of taking $15,000 from the court's registry, money he claims he was owed by a former client.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

February 24, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The former deputy White House counsel says an allegation from the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform accusing him of making false statements to ethics officials is just plain wrong.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

February 21, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Pike County Superior Court Judge Robert "Mack" Crawford is scheduled to appear before a judicial panel of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission for a scheduled two-day hearing that could strip him of his judgeship. Crawford is also facing felony charges over $15,676 the judge directed a clerk to pay him from the court registry.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read