The bad news is continuing for Stacey Abrams, who was already in big trouble because she got billions of Biden bucks yanked away from her climate NGOs by President Trump, was the Georgia State Senate is now ramping up its investigation into alleged campaign finance violations tied to her voter outreach group.
As background, the Senate Special Committee on Investigations is leading the investigation into Stacey Abrams’ voter outreach non-profit, called New Georgia Project. According to the Georgia State Ethics Commission, both New Georgia Project and the affiliated lobbying group, Action Fund, violated campaign finance laws during the election cycle in 2018.
Yet further, the two groups have already admitted to 16 violations tied to those accusations and agreed to pay a whopping $300,000 fine, which is the largest campaign finance penalty in the history of Georgia. Financial, legal, and optics problems led to the New Georgia Project shutting down in 2025.
But more wrongdoing is suspected and the investigation is continuing. So, the Georgia Senate is now digging into those accusations and determining what, if anything, the two connected groups did that was illegal. It is as part of that investigation, the Senate committee announced, that the non-profit’s leaders, Stacey Abrams, Lauren Groh-Wargo, and Nsé Ufot all must appear for an investigation this Friday, May 15.
Announcing the subpoena in a press release, the Senate committee wrote, “Today, the Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigations issued subpoenas to Stacey Abrams, Lauren Groh-Wargo and Nsé Ufot as part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into campaign finance law violations connected to the New Georgia Project and its affiliated entities.”
Connecting the present investigation to the earlier accusations and the massive fine, the press release then said, “The subpoenas follow findings by the Georgia State Ethics Commission that the New Georgia Project and the New Georgia Project Action Fund violated Georgia campaign finance laws during the 2018 election cycle. Earlier this year, the organizations admitted to 16 violations of state law and agreed to pay a $300,000 fine, the largest campaign finance penalty in Georgia history. The committee is investigating the extent of coordination, decision-making, financial activity and knowledge surrounding the unlawful political activity identified by state investigators.”
The press release later added, “The Senate Special Committee on Investigations was established to examine matters involving public integrity, misuse of public funds, campaign finance violations and other issues of statewide concern. Additional hearings and witness testimony are expected in the coming weeks.”
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As part of that press release, the vice chairman of the committee, Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal, vowed that the committee would continue following the facts as it uncovers what was going on at the non-profit. He said, “This committee has a responsibility to follow the facts wherever they lead.” He continued, “Georgia law requires transparency and accountability in our elections.”
Similarly, Georgia Lt. Governor Burt Jones said, “No one is above the law in Georgia. When organizations secretly spend millions to influence elections while evading disclosure requirements, it undermines confidence in our democratic process. The Senate will continue pursuing the truth and ensuring accountability, regardless of political party or influence.”
Abrams, for her part, responded in a furious post on X, saying, “Today, the Georgia State Senate delivered a subpoena for me to testify in a partisan, performative hearing designed to intimidate and disarm voting rights advocates across Georgia and the nation.” She added, “It is not lost on me that I am being summoned days after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted protections for minority voting power and after I testified against the unconscionable voter suppression process unfolding across several Southern states.”
Watch her freak out about that issue here: