Just prior to taking office, Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp quietly settled a lawsuit that said he owed $500,000 for a loan he negotiated and guaranteed for a struggling agricultural company.
Court documents show a consent order between Kemp, the company Hart AgStrong and financier Rick Phillips was signed on Jan. 8 and filed in Gwinnett County Superior Court on Jan. 11, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported.
Kemp was sworn in as Georgia’s 83rd governor three days later.
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