The Georgia Ethics Commission is still investigating whether a voter advocacy group founded by twice-failed Democratic candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams, broke campaign finance law by illegally working to coordinate and raise funds for Abrams’ 2018 gubernatorial campaign. The commission’s executive director, David Emadi, recently revealed the question of coordination is still an ongoing investigation.
Emadi recently made an appearance before the state Senate Committee on Investigations to provide an update on the status of the probe. Some folks expected the panel would call Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, however, her name was not listed on the agenda for the hearing.
Committee Chair Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) revealed Willis wasn’t called due to a scheduling conflict, revealing she would provide testimony on December 17 or 18. Republicans have been pushing for Willis to testify before the panel for months now, as they continue a deep dive into her office’s finances, hiring practices, and the controversial love affair she had with Nathan Wade, whom she appointed to the position of top prosecutor in the election indictment against President Donald Trump and several of his allies.
According to WRDW, in 2018, the New Georgia Project admitted to participating in illegal activity by raising and spending funds to influence the outcome of the 2018 election, along with a transit referendum in Gwinnett County the following year. In order to legally raise funds, the organization was required by Georgia law to register as an independent campaign committee and disclose donors and any spending.
The New Georgia Project, which is now dissolved, was forced to pay a $300,000 fine, which is the largest ethics fine in the history of the state. The group, along with Abrams, has denied they coordinated spending and other activity. In March 2025, GOP state senators voted in favor of launching an investigatory committee to look into the New Georgia Project, looking into claims that $2 billion was improperly provided to a coalition of groups doing environmental work. Abrams worked with one of these groups up until the end of 2024.
Playing the victim card, Abrams has stated on several occasions that she’s being targeted by the GOP due to the effectiveness of her political strategies. Five out of six of the Senate committee’s Republican members are running for higher offices during the 2026 midterm elections. These include Sens. Bill Cowsert, Greg Dolezal, John F. Kennedy, Steve Gooch, and Blake Tillery.
The New Georgia Project and its affiliate organization, the New Georgia Project Action Fund, recently released a statement revealing the groups were shutting down. Both groups were founded by Abrams in 2013. The group’s mission was to enter areas with low voter turn out, encouraging minority voters to get involved.
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During Abrams’s first attempt at running for governor in 2018, the organization had tons of boots on the ground, managing to knock on almost 4 million doors. However, the New Georgia Project attempted to stack the deck in favor of Abrams and got busted. Now the groups have gone extinct, a huge victory for those concerned about national security and the safety of fellow Americans.