Politics

DeKalb Corruption Investigation May Continue After Final Report

August 13th, 2015

The final report on DeKalb County government corruption is due out before the end of the month. Depending on what’s in the report from special investigator Mike Bowers, the investigation may continue, Interim CEO Lee May said.

May said recently there is no more funding for an ongoing corruption investigation, but he seemed to back off that statement during an interview on “A Closer Look,” in which he clarified the remark.

“So in that letter when I said there’d be no more funding, to that point, there’s no more funding because we want to see what the detailed report says, and then we’ll make our decision moving forward,” he said.

“What I’m interested in, again, is that detailed report to give us direction on what the next steps want to be,” May said.

The independent report’s preliminary findings by Bowers and investigator Richard Hyde, classified DeKalb as “rotten to the core.”

May addressed the preliminary findings publicly for the first time during a press conference Wednesday, saying the county “may have individuals [who] are bad apples,” but he said not all 6,500 county employees are corrupt.

May discussed the corruption investigation, what happens next, a possible case of check fraud, and the controversial new DeKalb soccer complex on “A Closer Look.”