When Georgia’s Stacey Abrams isn’t criticizing the good faith efforts of voters or denying the results of her gubernatorial race, she’s leading a nonprofit organization with widespread accusations of campaign finance violations. It seems like it’s there.
The New Georgia Project, a nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams in 2013, agreed to pay the money. fine on record $300,000 for violating state campaign finance laws.
The Georgia Ethics Commission found that Abrams and its affiliate, the New Georgia Project Action Fund, disclosed campaign contributions and expenditures in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, when Abrams was the Democratic candidate. It was discovered that the company had not done so, and a fine was imposed.
The groups were accused of failing to properly report their financial activities in support of Abrams’ campaign, leading to the committee’s unanimous decision to impose the fines.
The commission’s consent order states, “These expenditures include campaign activities, documents explicitly claiming the candidate’s election, social media engagement, and field offices with paid staff where campaign activities are organized. This includes, but is not limited to, the operation of
In other words, her nonprofit was spending money on her political campaign.
Executive director David Emadi said the fine was “significant” but “also appropriate given its scope”.
In total, the group admitted to 16 campaign finance violations.
The New Georgia Project, a voter registration nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams and previously led by Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, secretly raised millions for Abrams and others’ campaigns. He admitted that he violated the law by collecting and spending dollars. pic.twitter.com/xtLx1mwFa4
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Stacey Abrams’ Nonprofit Trouble
The commission revealed that Stacey Abrams’ nonprofit organization was hit with the largest fine ever paid by the organization.
According to a signed consent order, the groups contributed $4.2 million during the 2018 election cycle, supported Abrams’ gubernatorial campaign, and supported candidates for various state offices during the primary and general elections. It failed to report additional spending of $3.2 million for advertising.
So they spent $7.4 million and were only fined $300,000.
Imagine that. Abrams won the Georgia gubernatorial election, so at least it was all for a good cause…in her own mind.
Abrams has been portrayed as a darling of the Democratic Party, even though she lost twice in her bid for governor in the Peach State.
Her refusal to concede defeat despite receiving nearly 55,000 fewer votes in 2018 was highly publicized and public. In 2019, Abrams told supporters at a luncheon in Houston that she was not “delusional” shortly after declaring that “we won” the Georgia gubernatorial race.
One of my favorite moments.@staceyabrams in #Houston for .@annieslistTX “Typically, candidates feel like if they want to run again to show they’re a good sport, they have to make concessions. I’m not a good sport.” pic.twitter.com/SHOstTIWMA
— Texas Signal (@TexasSignal) May 3, 2019
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The campaign finance issues came to light through a complaint filed in 2019, before Raphael Warnock, who was leading the New Georgia Project, was elected to the U.S. Senate.
During his tenure, Warnock said his role did not include overseeing compliance decisions.
Interestingly, Stacey Abrams didn’t want anything to do with the nonprofit she founded. established Issue a statement through your spokesperson or new york times.
“Stacey has not been involved in the organization’s activities since leaving the organization in 2017,” a spokesperson said.
In fact, he hasn’t been involved since he served two terms as governor of Georgia.
