Overview
- A campaign consultant said George’s team withheld bank records in 2021, prompting her to open a new campaign account and rely on a one-page summary she considered unusually sparse.
- A DA investigator testified that $30,000 and $16,500 moved from the campaign to a personal account in 2019 were used for property taxes, HOA fees, and a home down payment, and that George lacked sufficient funds without those transfers.
- Prosecutors say the roughly $46,500 in transfers were not disclosed as loan repayments, noting prior self-repayments were smaller and made by check rather than wire.
- George pleaded not guilty as his attorneys argued the movements were lawful reimbursements for earlier campaign loans and cast the case as politically motivated.
- The 12-person jury was seated Wednesday, the trial is expected to continue into next week with the judge to decide punishment if there is a conviction, and a separate misdemeanor case is scheduled for May.