The New Georgia Project, whose leaders also included Raphael Warnock, now a senator, admitted violating campaign finance laws. It agreed to a $300,000 penalty.

A Democratic advocacy group founded by former Representative Stacey Abrams and once led by Senator Raphael Warnock were fined $300,000 on Wednesday for breaking Georgia’s campaign finance law. Georgia’s ethics commission found that the New Georgia Project and its affiliated action fund raised $4.

The nonprofit agreed to pay a $300,000 fine over its spending in support of the Georgia Democrat's candidacy during the 2018 governor's race.

The Georgia Ethics Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to fine two nonprofit organizations founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams after they admitted to violating state law by campaigning for her 2018 gubernatorial campaign.

Republican Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter is demanding additional consequences for a nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams that was slapped with

ATLANTA — A voting rights organization founded by Stacey Abrams was hit with the biggest fine in state ethics commission history after admitting to violating Georgia campaign finance laws. Channel 2′s Richard Elliot was at the State Capitol on Wednesday for the end of six years of legal battles.

The New Georgia Project admitted to every allegation the State Ethics Commission had leveled against it as part of it's consent agreement.

"Also appears to be the largest Ethics Fine ever imposed by any State Ethics Commission in the country related to an election and campaign finance case."

The New Georgia Project and its action fund did not disclose millions of dollars in expenditures that sought to boost Stacey Abrams in the 2018 gubernatorial race.