Gov. Brian Kemp suspended Cobb County Superior Court Clerk Connie Taylor from her elected position Friday while she faces multiple criminal charges.

The governor last week appointed a three-person panel to decide if the embattled clerk should remain in office during her criminal case, which is taking place in the same building in which she was working as the court clerk in charge of recordkeeping.

The commission, which included two Georgia clerks and a retired Georgia Supreme Court justice, decided during its first and only meeting to suspend Taylor from office, according to Kemp’s executive order.

If convicted of a felony, Georgia law dictates that Taylor would be removed from office.

Taylor’s attorney, former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, declined to comment on the case following his clie

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