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David Emadi, the new director of Georgia's ethics commission, says he will complete an investigation into about 4 or 5 ethics complaints against Abrams.
Emadi started on the job Monday replacing Stefan Ritter, who resigned amid allegations of workplace impropriety.
Emadi's agency plans to subpoena bank and financial records from Abrams - and groups associated with her campaign, including political action committees and special interest groups.
Emadi said the commission had already investigated complaints lodged against Brian Kemp's campaign, but found no sustainable allegations.
Abrams' former campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo went on an ad hominem attack against Emadi. She said in a statement that Emadi is a Republican operative doing "partisan" work into "baseless" allegations and "should be focused on real problems like the unethical ties between the governor’s office and voting machine lobbyists instead.”
"It is shameful, but not surprising," the statement said. "This is Kemp’s corrupt playbook, his long history of launching frivolous investigations with bogus charges against political opponents. This is a shameful misuse of taxpayer dollars for a political vendetta."
Emadi's agency plans to subpoena bank and financial records from Abrams - and groups associated with her campaign, including political action committees and special interest groups.
Emadi said the commission had already investigated complaints lodged against Brian Kemp's campaign, but found no sustainable allegations.
Abrams' former campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo went on an ad hominem attack against Emadi. She said in a statement that Emadi is a Republican operative doing "partisan" work into "baseless" allegations and "should be focused on real problems like the unethical ties between the governor’s office and voting machine lobbyists instead.”
"It is shameful, but not surprising," the statement said. "This is Kemp’s corrupt playbook, his long history of launching frivolous investigations with bogus charges against political opponents. This is a shameful misuse of taxpayer dollars for a political vendetta."
If Abrams is found guilty of the allegations, Groh-Wargo doesn't plan to apologize but will "do an [Ilhan] Omar" and make more baseless allegations against Emadi.
Abrams' campaign vowed to fight the "false accusations with every available resource" including more ad hominem attacks and racist accusations against Emadi and the ethics commission.
Emadi pushed back saying his office looks into complaints irrespective of partisan ties. In other words, not everything is about partisan politics. It's actually possible that in spite of his being a GOPer, Abrams still might be guilty and he's going to look into it, so Groh-Wargo can bite him.
Emadi says the ethics commission also has active investigations ongoing into complaints made against "all" the candidates for Atlanta Mayor who ran in 2017, including Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a somewhat painful sounding name combination.
Emadi declined to describe details of any of the complaints against Abrams or the mayoral candidates.
Abrams' campaign vowed to fight the "false accusations with every available resource" including more ad hominem attacks and racist accusations against Emadi and the ethics commission.
Emadi pushed back saying his office looks into complaints irrespective of partisan ties. In other words, not everything is about partisan politics. It's actually possible that in spite of his being a GOPer, Abrams still might be guilty and he's going to look into it, so Groh-Wargo can bite him.
Emadi says the ethics commission also has active investigations ongoing into complaints made against "all" the candidates for Atlanta Mayor who ran in 2017, including Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a somewhat painful sounding name combination.
Emadi declined to describe details of any of the complaints against Abrams or the mayoral candidates.
His first ethics commission meeting is next week and Stacey Abrams is quietly having a cow.
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