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.

Two Georgia voter advocacy groups founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams and led by Raphael Warnock before he was elected to the U.S. Senate have admitted to campaign finance violations and will pay a $300,

This represents the largest and most significant instance of an organization illegally influencing our statewide elections.’

The Georgia State Ethics Commission slapped a record $300,00 fine on a nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams Wednesday for failing to disclose millions of dollars the entity spent to aid her failed 2018 gubernatorial campaign.

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 two groups' current leadership admitted 16 instances of illegal activity in a consent decree and will pay a $300,000 fine, the largest in state history, according to the commission.

The voting rights group, which was founded by Abrams, and the affiliated New Georgia Action Fund were accused of illegally spending $3.2 million, which Emadi said essentially amounted to “dark spending” on Abrams’ behalf.

The New Georgia Project – founded by politician and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams – has received a record fine in the state for illegal campaigning.