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The Senate Special Committee on Investigations announced Monday that Abrams, along with New Georgia Project leaders Lauren Groh-Wargo and Nsé Ufot, must show up at the State Capitol at 10 a.m. Friday.
"This committee has a responsibility to follow the facts wherever they lead," said Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal, the committee’s vice chairman. "Georgia law requires transparency and accountability in our elections."
The subpoenas flow directly from the Georgia State Ethics Commission’s findings that the New Georgia Project and its affiliated Action Fund broke campaign finance rules during the 2018 election cycle.
The groups admitted to 16 violations earlier this year and agreed to pay a $300,000 fine, the largest campaign finance penalty in Georgia history.
New Georgia Project shut down and dissolved in 2025 amid growing financial and legal problems.
Republican lawmakers made clear in their press release that the investigation aims to identify who called the shots on the violations, how the money was handled, and exactly who knew what was going on.
"The people of Georgia deserve to know who was involved, what decisions were made and how millions of dollars flowed through organizations that admitted to violating our campaign finance laws," Dolezal said.
Georgia's Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones added in the release, "No one is above the law in Georgia."
He added: "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."
The lawmakers noted that more hearings and witness testimony are coming in the weeks ahead.Abrams, the two-time Democratic gubernatorial nominee in battleground Georgia, ruled out another run for governor earlier this year. Instead, she said she’ll focus on battling what she calls the nation’s slide toward authoritarianism under President Trump.
Abrams, a former Democratic Party leader in the Georgia state legislature and a nationally known voting-rights advocate, narrowly lost to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in the 2018 gubernatorial election. She lost her 2022 rematch with Kemp by nearly eight points.
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