{"id":2477671,"date":"2025-08-22T13:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ally-of-burt-jones-accuses-chris-carr-aligned-committee-of-campaign-finance-violations\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:16:16","slug":"ally-of-burt-jones-accuses-chris-carr-aligned-committee-of-campaign-finance-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ally-of-burt-jones-accuses-chris-carr-aligned-committee-of-campaign-finance-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Ally of Burt Jones accuses Chris Carr-aligned committee of campaign finance violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fally-of-burt-jones-accuses-chris-carr-aligned-committee-of-campaign-finance-violations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2477671&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on an ethics complaint filed by an ally of Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones against a fundraising committee supporting Attorney General Chris Carr, both Republican candidates for the 2026 Georgia governor race. The complaint accuses the Keep Georgia Strong action committee of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >violating campaign finance laws<\/a> by engaging in unauthorized advocacy and circumventing regulations. Republican State Sen. matt Brass called on the State Ethics Commission to investigate, warning that ignoring the issue could set a hazardous precedent for lack of financial transparency. Brass also accused Carr of &#8220;bullying&#8221; Jones. An attorney for the committee denied the allegations, asserting full compliance with Georgia law. This complaint adds to ongoing tensions in the GOP primary, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greg-abbott-wins-legal-victory-over-razor-wire-installed-on-border-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Greg Abbott wins legal victory over razor wire installed on border - Washington Examiner\">previous legal disputes<\/a> over fundraising practices. Notably, former President Donald Trump endorsed Burt Jones, who campaigns aligned with the MAGA agenda. The governor&#8217;s race also includes several Democratic candidates. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ally of Burt Jones accuses Chris Carr-aligned committee of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">campaign finance violations<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2208216\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>An ally of Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R-GA) filed an ethics complaint accusing a fundraising committee backing Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3238677\/georgia-attorney-general-chris-carr-announces-bid-governor-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Carr<\/a> of violating campaign finance laws.<\/p>\n<p>Republican state Sen. Matt Brass in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26070903-file-6488\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">file<\/a> claimed the Keep Georgia Strong Action committee &ldquo;brazenly engaged in advocacy&rdquo; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-sends-amendments-banning-zuckbucks-noncitizen-voting-to-voters-for-approval\/\" title=\"Wisconsin sends amendments against &#039;Zuckbucks&#039; and noncitizen voting for voter approval.\">circumventing campaign finance laws<\/a>. Both Jones and Carr are Republican candidates for governor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia<\/a> to replace term-limited Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) in the 2026 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3778695\/lackluster-enthusiasm-california-redistricting-ballot-measure-poll\/\">Lackluster enthusiasm for Newsom&rsquo;s ballot measure could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-slams-james-carville-hes-been-wrong-about-everything\/\" title=\"Joe Concha slams James Carville: \u2018He\u2019s been wrong about everything\u2019\">derail redistricting efforts<\/a>: Poll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3778219\/rnc-elects-joe-gruters-chairman-replacing-michael-whatley\/\">RNC elects Joe Gruters as chairman, replacing Michael Whatley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3778492\/sherrod-brown-jon-husted-polling-ohio-senate-race\/\">Sherrod Brown&nbsp;6 points behind Jon Husted in Ohio Senate race on kickoff week<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Brass said he is looking for the State Ethics Commission to investigate the matter, or risk &ldquo;dangerous precedent, signaling that dark money may evade transparency until caught.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Brass has additionally claimed Carr is &ldquo;bullying&rdquo; Jones.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rather than attacking the integrity of my friend Burt Jones, the Attorney General should focus on ensuring his paperwork is in order,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Stefan Passantino, an attorney for Keep Georgia Strong Action, dismissed the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As will be readily apparent in the very near future, this committee has fully complied with all of its obligations under Georgia law and we fully expect this complaint to be dismissed in short order,&rdquo; he said of the committee, which has launched digital ads pummeling Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The ethics complaint is the latest twist in the Republican primary race. In a previous lawsuit, Carr accused Jones of taking advantage of a 2021 state law allowing him to raise unlimited cash for his 2026 gubernatorial campaign. Carr claimed that Jones was using the leadership committee to fundraise for his campaign in the primary election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3777981\/california-democrats-newsom-redistricting-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NEWSOM SIGNS REDISTRICTING BILLS, TAKES FIGHT OVER CONGRESSIONAL MAP TO VOTERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3497048\/trump-endorses-burt-jones-brian-kemp-georgia-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed<\/a> Jones in the race earlier this year. Jones campaigned on with Trump&rsquo;s MAGA agenda when he<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3465380\/trump-ally-burt-jones-campaign-georgia-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> launched his gubernatorial campaign<\/a> in July.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">There are a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3492075\/michael-thurmond-democratic-primary-georgia-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\">growing number of Democratic&nbsp;<\/a>candidates for governor, including State Sen. Jason Esteves, state Rep. Derrick Jackson, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta pastor Olu Brown, and former DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burt Jones ally accuses Chris Carr group of finance violations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2477672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25042614178357.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53014,33926,45495,61787,41443],"class_list":["post-2477671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-burt-jones","tag-campaign-finance","tag-chris-carr","tag-election-committee","tag-political-accusations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25042614178357.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2477671"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477675,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477671\/revisions\/2477675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2477672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2477671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2477671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}