The radical left has been spreading lies about Rep. Matt Leber and his family in a desperate attempt to intimidate and silence him. They know a Republican will win Senate District 41, but instead of focusing on the issues that matter to the voters, they have resorted to falsehoods and deception to disparage Rep. Leber and his family, and to avoid discussing the issues.
SANDY'S LIE #1: Sandy Senn publicly accused Matt of making up his college degree.
THE TRUTH: After Matt was released from the Army, he went on to get his college degree from Mitchell Community College.
The Post and Courier found that Sandy Senn made up the whole thing: Sandy Senn says Matt Leber lied about degree. He didn't. | Palmetto Politics | postandcourier.com
See Matt publicly debunk Sandy's lie on video: Elitist politician LIES about decorated combat veteran. â›”Gets publicly humiliatedâ›” (youtube.com)
SANDY'S LIE #2: Radical far-left Democrats have wrongfully accused Matt of abusing his ex-wife.
THE TRUTH: Following their divorce, Matt's ex-wife regrettably and foolishly made false allegations that Matt hit her in Surry, North Carolina. Upon producing proof that he was in South Carolina at the time of the alleged incident, the court immediately dismissed the charges against Matt and rebuked his ex-wife, suspending her visitation rights and affirming Matt's full custody of his daughter, Savanah. Matt's ex-wife later apologized for her false accusations, and the Leber family put the incident behind them. Since then, Matt and Michele have provided Savanah with a loving and stable home. Matt has a CWP issued by SLED pursuant to a thorough background check and all records relating to this incident have been expunged.
Sadly, the radical left has sought to exploit this painful moment and leverage the unfortunate bias against fathers in the family court system to attack the Leber family and involve Matt's children in their shameful intimidation tactics. Matt's daughter, Savanah, has fully repudiated these lies in an open letter in which she discusses the painful impact of crooked politicians exploiting her personal life for political gain. Read her letter
HERE.
SANDY'S LIE #4: The radical left has dug up expunged records of a landlord-tenant dispute in which Matt was accused of stalking a recalcitrant tenant while serving court documents.
THE TRUTH: In 2016, Matt and Michele rented their family home to a tenant who, unbeknownst to them, was a repeat abuser of landlord-tenant laws and a habitual drug user. Operating under a series of false aliases and different social security numbers, she was able to evade detection on background checks and rent out homes before refusing to pay her rent to her unsuspecting landlords, effectively occupying property as a squatter and requiring landowners to resort to the court system to regain access to their own property.
While their eviction request made its way through the Georgia court system, Matt and Michele stood by powerless while their beloved family home became a drug hangout and was defaced with graffiti. Their tenant not only continued to live rent-free in their fully furnished home, but she also began breeding pit bulls in the residence, causing extensive property damage and destroying irreplicable family heirlooms.
After months of legal proceedings, the Lebers were finally able to secure an eviction and take back possession of their home. However, they were left with over 70,000 dollars in property damages, court costs, legal fees, and lost rent. To recoup their financial loss, they filed suit in Georgia court, but the tenant had disappeared, leaving no forwarding address, in an attempt to evade service of process.
After finally tracking her down, Matt attempted to serve her with the court documents, but she called the police. The responding officers informed her that Matt was entitled to serve her with court documents, but she demanded to see a supervisor. When the supervisor arrived, she stated, "I know you're just serving her court documents, but you did follow her home from the gas station, and we have this new law in Georgia. I don't know if this falls under it, so I'm just going to arrest you and let the judge decide." (The new law in question was in fact promulgated to address domestic disputes rather than landlord-tenant issues or service of process).
When Matt showed up to court, the clerk informed him that the charge had been summarily dismissed and apologized for the inconvenience. The tenant was eventually arrested, charged, and convicted of 10 misdemeanors for the criminal destruction of the Lebers' home, and she remains on probation to this day. Additionally, the court ordered her to pay the Lebers 56,000 dollars in damages.
Having experienced firsthand the ineffectiveness of the housing court system, Matt entered public office resolved to improve the quality, speed, and access of the state court systems so that all citizens can benefit from the fair administration of justice guaranteed to them by our Constitution. Rather than rely frivolous accusations from far left activists, we'd think the documents speak for themselves. Read them,
HERE.