If this statement is untrue, Deal's high profile misrepresentation will prove to be fatal: Deal said he did not know of son-in-law’s prior bankruptcy.

From the ajc's Georgia Election Central:

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Nathan Deal said Monday that he was unaware his son-in-law had previously filed for bankruptcy when when he invested $2 million of his own money into a business venture with his daughter and the man she married.

Deal’s campaign last week would not say whether the former congressman was aware of Clint Wilder’s original bankruptcy when he and his wife invested in the retail business.