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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: #2,706 - BLM activist-turned-mayor in Georgia accused of using $26K for unauthorized trip to Africa
Description: A Georgia mayor who boasts being the country’s first Black Lives Matter organizer elected to office is facing scrutiny for using $20,000 of public funds for international travel and other questionable purchases, according to reports.
South Fulton Mayor Khalid Kamau was accused this week of using a city-issued purchase card in December for unauthorized spending on a trip to Africa, food and other expenses that totaled around $26,000, a councilwoman reportedly said this week.
“It’s a pretty large amount of unauthorized charges,” Councilwoman Helen Willis alleged to Fox 5 Atlanta on Tuesd