According to a 2022 Atlanta Journal-Constitution article, Taylor earned almost $425,000 in extra revenue in less than two years by using passport processing fees as personal income, which is permitted in Georgia.
Then, through an attorney, a whistleblower employee from her office came out and claimed that Taylor had directed her to destroy papers pertaining to the fees rather than giving them to the AJC, which had asked for them under the Georgia Open papers Act.
Later that year, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation declared it was looking into Taylor’s office. As previously reported by the AJC, the case was sent to the AG’s office in 2024.
Taylor was criticized again last year, this time by several Cobb Superior Court attorneys who told the AJC that her office was having trouble keeping accurate records for the court, which is her primary responsibility as an elected official.
The top judge took the rare step of issuing an emergency judicial order, which abolished penalties for missed sessions and set aside filing deadlines, in response to the serious interruptions to court operations.
In 2024, Democrat Taylor was reelected in spite of the scandals that marred her first term. At her office, she was not immediately available for comment.
This tale is still in progress and will be updated.
