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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nBack in January, Dave Hardin wrote about Michael Sleeper<\/a>, a member of the School Board in Columbia County, Georgia. Sleeper made the false story of his service as an Army Ranger the centerpiece of his election campaign for that office. He’d actually spent less than two years on active duty as an infantryman in Alaska and he was discharged as a private, according to his FOIA;<\/p>\n Well, members of the media and the school board confronted Sleeper about his apparent lies and he promised that he was going to get his records straightened out. That was in February<\/a>. Yesterday, the Metro Spirit <\/a>asked what is taking so long;<\/p>\n Sleeper, who also happens to be the son-in-law of Columbia County Commission Chairman Ron Cross, was being called out by the website, \u201cThis Ain\u2019t Hell: But you can see it from here,\u201d in a blog called \u201cMichael Sleeper, Fake Ranger.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have reports of (Sleeper) claiming to have been deployed to Iraq during Desert Storm. Mike also likes to tell people he was a Ranger with the 75th Ranger Regiment during conversations. He backs up those kind of claims with pictures on his FB profile,\u201d blogger Dave Hardin posted on the website, valorguardians.com. \u201cIt sounds like some actual Desert Storm veterans found discrepancies in his stories.\u201d<\/p>\n This particular website reviews accusations of stolen valor across the country.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n After reviewing the documents produced by Hardin, the Metro Spirit also asked that Sleeper set the record straight.<\/p>\n And he didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n All Sleeper told a Metro Spirit reporter was, \u201cI recognize there are shortcomings in the military documentation of my military history and I\u2019m attempting to have them corrected.\u201d<\/p>\n Specifically, he told the Metro Spirit that he was working with U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson\u2019s office to correct the \u201cshortcomings\u201d in his military record.<\/p>\n That was more than two months ago.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Metro Spirit also requested Sleeper\u2019s military record and got a similar document that was almost identical to the records produced by valorguardians.com.<\/p>\n The records made no mention of him being a Ranger with the 75th Ranger Regiment.<\/p>\n Since that time, Sleeper has been avoiding any questions surrounding his military record.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been months.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Sleeper emailed me right after Hardin’s post went live and he threatened to sue us and he said that he had proof that we had published lies about him. He hasn’t produced any of this so-called proof, nor is he responding to my emails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Michael-Norman-Sleeper-FOIA-267x300.jpg\")
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