The state ethics board that investigates Georgia’s elected officials has recommended that a campaign finance complaint against recently re-elected Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones be dismissed.
The complaint, filed by Savannah attorney Wade Herring less than a month before the Nov. 5 election, alleged that Cook Jones failed to meet the state’s deadline to file a report listing her campaign contributors.
However, five days after the deadline and Herring’s complaint, Cook Jones filed the required report. According to Haley Barrett, the spokesperson for the ethics commission, she was allowed to do so under a grace period put in place due to Hurricane Helene…