Atlanta – A judge on Friday rejected a request from Georgia state senator of an arrest warrant against an employee of the House of Representatives after confrontation between the two earlier this year.
State Senator Colton Moore, a Trenton Republican, had sought the arrest warrant against Keith Williams, lawyer for the Chamber’s speaker office, after the two men were involved in a fight outside the House of the House of Representatives in January. Fulton County Magistrate Judge Robert Wolf, said at the end of an hearing that he had not seen sufficient evidence to support the probable cause of justifying criminal charges.
A Moore lawyer said they intend to appeal the judge’s decision before the Superior Court of Fulton County.
Moore, one of the most conservative members of the State Senate, was arrested on January 16 After trying to pass its course to the employees of the House of Representatives who were blocking it, since he tried several times to enter the Chamber of the State Representatives Chamber for the State of the Governor’s state discourse. The president of the House of Representatives, Jon Burns, a republican companion, prohibited it from the camera Last year after Moore denounced the president of the Late David Ralston house on a day when Ralston was honored and his relatives were watching.
Before trying to enter the Chamber of the Chamber, Moore told journalists that the law did not allow Burns to prevent him from attending a joint session of the Senate of the House to listen to Governor Brian Kemp.
Williams put his arms around Moore and moved him away when Moore tried to enter the camera camera, and the senator fell to the ground. The state soldiers handcuffed Moore and took him to the Fulton County prison, where he was hired for charges for minor crimes of deliberate obstruction of the agents of the law.
The day after Moore’s arrest, Burns said he was raising his prohibition that the senator would enter the camera chamber. The leaders of the state Senate and the Republican party had gathered around Moore.
Moore He was previously expelled of the Republican Caucus of the Senate in September 2023 after launching attacks on other Republicans for refusing to accept A special session Act against Fulton Fani Willis County District for accusing President Donald Trump. Kemp denounced the call as ” Some noise scam “To increase the contributions of the campaign for Moore.
