Stacey Abrams Hit With Subpoena in Alleged Campaign Finance Violations Saga: 'No one is above the law'

Georgia Republicans are not letting this one go. The Senate is escalating its probe into alleged campaign finance violations linked to Stacey Abrams' voter outreach outfit, with a key lawmaker promising to "follow the facts wherever they lead." Subpoenas have now gone out to Abrams and other central players.

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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Stacey Abrams being investigated: subpoena on its way

Stacey Abrams still claims she won the Georgia gubernatorial election in spite of having 55,000 fewer votes than the Republican victor, Brian Kemp. She is a sore loser, but a loser nevertheless.

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."

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. 

His first ethics commission meeting is next week and Stacey Abrams is quietly having a cow.

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