Learn more about the state senator who was arrested for entering the House chamber during Gov. Brian Kemp’s State of the State address.
According to arrest warrants, Moore is charged with one misdemeanor count of Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officers.
A Georgia state senator who was previously banned from the state House chamber has been arrested after he tried to enter the chamber for the governor’s state of the state speech.
A Georgia state senator has had his ban from entering the state House chamber revoked following an ugly incident on Thursday which saw him flung to the floor, arrested and subsequently hospitalized.
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones told state House Speaker Jon Burns that the arrest of Sen. Colton Moore during the governor’s State of the State speech was “an embarrassment for all of us.” He was so right!
The state senator had been subject to a ban from the House chamber over previous disparaging remarks about late House speaker David Ralston.
ATLANTA — A Georgia state senator arrested at the Capitol Thursday returned Friday. Hours later, the state House Speaker lifted the banishment that resulted in Sen. Colton Moore's arrest. Moore (R-Trenton) showed off a a bit of a bruise he said he got when a House staffer wrestled him to the ground and state troopers took him into custody Thursday.
State Sen. Colton Moore was arrested inside the Georgia Capitol for trying to enter the House chamber after being banned.
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Ahead of Gov. Brian Kemp ’s (R-GA) State of the State address, Moore was arrested after he attempted to enter the state House chamber despite having been banned from the area last year. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns lifted Moore’s ban hours after his arrest.