Georgia Republican Party, "INC." Up Against Hard Deadline to Explain Its Purposes

In Receipt of Amicus Brief, Judge Gives the "Inc" Until Friday to Explain Why Motion to Seal in Perpetuity Should be Granted

Earlier this month, you may recall, I reported on an attempt by the Georgia Republican Party, Inc. to seal the contents of a settlement agreement between GRP, Inc. and former Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, the actual organizer of Georgia Republican Party, Inc., John Padgett. In my August 4 Substack entitled, “Georgia Republican Party, Inc. Files Motion to Seal Court Records...Forever,” you will read the details and the history of this case, and also bring you up to speed on GRP, Inc.’s “Motion to Seal” certain settlement documents from the public, in perpetuity. In that Substack you will find the entire reading list of articles I have written on the subject of GRP, Inc. and its continuing masquerade, claiming to be both a Title 14 Corporation, as well as a Title 21 Political Party. In short, an organization can be one or the other, but cannot be both. Here I will just say that, according to present and former GRP/GRP., Inc. officials, it is this case with John Padgett that is the reason the “Inc” issue has never been resolved. That is all that Republican Party Chairman/GRP, Inc. CEO Josh McKoon, or others who obviously know the answers, will say.

And so we appear to be getting close to the end of this intriguing mystery. Adding to the intrigue is the prospect that the contents of the settlement agreement Josh McKoon desires to seal, apparently agreed by both parties, may offer the answer(s) to our question.

Our question is simply, why? Why does the Georgia Republican Party, Inc. continue to masquerade as the Georgia Republican Party? What is all this all about in the first place? Because Chairman/CEO (yeah, whatever) Josh McKoon and others have indicated the “Inc” cannot be resolved while this case remains unsettled, our nature makes us more than curious to know what it is about the agreed settlement that McKoon and others do not want publicly known.

Several of us feel the public, and in particular the members and donors of the Georgia Republican Party, whatever that phrase even means at this point, have a right to know the terms of this settlement agreement. Donors to this apparently unlawfully-blended political entity have a right to know whether their donations have been used to further the purposes for which they were given, which would be to elect Republicans to public office, and/or whether any or all of those funds, were used to pay legal fees in the case against John Padgett, and whether that money will be recovered, and under what terms.

Thus, we (James Abely, William Quinn, Georgia Record/CDM Media, myself and hanksullivan.substack.com) filed an amicus brief on behalf of the public’s right-to-know the terms of the settlement. Yesterday in court, interestingly enough, the attorney for Mr. Padgett filed a response IN FAVOR OF OUR BRIEF. GRP/GRP, Inc. (yeah, whatever) attorney Alex Kaufman has been given until Friday to explain to the court what it is about this particular settlement agreement that places its terms beyond and superior to the public’s right-to-know. I will continue to report on these circumstances as events happen. Many thanks to patriot James Abely for his hard work and forthright dedication in shedding light on the truths surrounding this important case.

Partial Response to Amicus Brief by Attorney for John Padgett