Ga. Senate to investigate Abrams, group she launched
ATLANTA, Ga. - Former Democratic lawmaker and twice-unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and the voting rights group she co-founded are the target of a GOP state Senate investigation.
Abrams and the New Georgia Project, from which she is no longer d, are being investigated by the same Senate that has been examining Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ historic indictment of Donald Trump while he was out of the Oval Office.
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The Senate committee will focus on alleged campaign finance violations and possibly the recent New Georgia Project firings allegedly tied to efforts to unionize the voting rights organization.
Earlier this week, chairperson Francys Johnson said he intends to resign, though an actual resignation date has not been announced.
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“Not only have I served longer than both my predecessors, the organization must retool following last year’s election,” Johnson said. “In two years, Georgia will elect a new governor and make a choice on whether to send Sen. Jon Ossoff back to the U.S. Senate. It’s a great time to bring in fresh perspectives.”
Abrams founded the New Georgia Project in 2013 with the goal of ing more nonwhite and young voters in Georgia and encouraging them to turn out.
The organization was fined $300,000 in January after the Georgia Ethics Commission said it illegally did election work for Abrams in January; it then fired close to 20 people.
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