Lt. Gov. Burt Jones said the arrest of state Sen. Colton Moore was an embarrassment for the Georgia General Assembly and it shouldn't happen again.
Georgia Senator Colton Moore was arrested outside the Gold Dome on January 16, 2025, after a confrontation with a House doorkeeper. The arrest occurred just before Governor Brian Kemp's State of the State address.
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.
Moore was previously banned from the house for making disparaging remarks about Former Speaker David Ralston, who died in 2022.
Police pushed state Sen. Colton Moore to the ground and arrested him as he attempted to enter the state House chamber from which he had been banned.
Sen. Moore was banned from entering House chambers after making controversial comments about late House Speaker David Ralston.
Police arrested Sen. Colton Moore at Georgia's State Capitol Thursday after he attempted to attend Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address. "I have an obligation to be in that room," he said. "I have a responsibility to 200,000 northwest Georgians who duly elected me to be here today."
A Georgia state senator, who was arrested Thursday before Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address at the Capitol building, will now be allowed to attend future joint sessions in the Gold Dome.
A Georgia state senator and hardline supporter of President-elect Trump appeared to be pushed to the floor before being arrested while trying to enter the state House chamber on Thursday.
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.