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Criminal Records and Extremist Ties Among Mike Collins’ Campaign Organizers
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Criminal Histories Among Campaign Organizers
Court records reviewed show that several individuals serving as “convoy captains” – unpaid grassroots organizers appointed by Rep. Mike Collins – have felony or misdemeanor convictions. Brett Benny Langham, a district representative for the Richmond County Republican Party, pleaded guilty in 2014 to felony cruelty to children, sexual battery, and simple battery involving his stepdaughter and received a 30-day prison sentence plus ten years’ probation. Joey Jackson, a former school-bus driver and convoy captain for Jenkins County, was charged last year with cruelty to children and failure to report child abuse after a 7-year-old passenger was beaten on his bus. Gordon Austin, a Carroll County captain, pleaded guilty in 2009 to six misdemeanor fraud counts; he later received five years of probation and had his dental license revoked, with a request to seal his records denied.
Background and Ties to Extremist Groups
The Daily Beast’s investigation also uncovered connections between two convoy captains, Joshua Mote and Michael Boggus, and American Patriots USA, a far-right organization founded by Chester Doles, a former Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi National Alliance leader. In August, racist online posts by former intern Preston Parra—who later worked for Collins’s PAC until May 2025—were found, including images depicting himself as a KKK member and sharing swastikas. Parra later described the posts to The Washington Post as “satirical” and intentionally provocative.
Official Statements & Responses
Collins praised his convoy captains at a recent event in Morrow, noting the size of his grassroots network as a key to his campaign’s success.
Verbatim Quotes
- “Mike will always be tough on crime, and as your next senator, he’ll vote for strong borders, lower taxes, a booming economy in the greatest military anywhere in the world,” — President Donald Trump
- “Their conduct does not represent Mike Collins or the more than 800 Georgians who volunteered because they want Mike Collins to deliver a more prosperous, safer, and more affordable Georgia,” — Meyer Siegfried, Collins’ spokesperson