JUST IN: Another Georgia State Democrat Lawmaker Arrested and Charged with Defrauding Federal Government
Another Georgia Democrat state lawmaker has been arrested and charged with fraud.
Georgia state Rep. Karen Bennett was indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday for Covid fraud.
Bennett is a pro-BLM, defund the police activist.
Prosecutors said Bennett defrauded taxpayers after she obtained COVID-19 unemployment benefits, despite her business remaining open during the pandemic.
She was charged with one count of false statements.
According to WSB-TV, Bennett was released on a $10,000 bond.
BREAKING: Democrat Georgia State Rep. Karen Bennett federally indicted for fraud.
Bennett—a Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police activist is the 2nd GA lawmaker charged with defrauding taxpayers in the last month.
The entire Democratic Party are fraudsters. pic.twitter.com/1PutMATAB5
— Dapper Detective (@Dapper_Det) January 6, 2026
WSB-TV reported:
A second Georgia lawmaker has been charged with defrauding taxpayers by receiving pandemic unemployment assistance that she was not entitled to.
A federal grand jury indicted State Rep. Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain) on Monday.
Prosecutors say she received $13,940 for her in-home physical therapy company, Metro Therapy Providers, which she says could not operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, investigators say the company was only briefly closed, and remained open through the majority of the pandemic.
On her application, Bennett only reported receiving income from Metro Therapy and the Georgia General Assembly. But she failed to disclose that she was also employed through a church and receiving more than $900 weekly.
She was indicted on one count of making false statements.
Last month, Georgia Democrat state legislator Sharon Henderson was arrested and charged with defrauding the federal government.
Henderson was indicted for Covid pandemic unemployment fraud.
A federal grand jury charged Henderson with two counts of theft of government funds and ten counts of making false statements.
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