{"id":332430,"date":"2026-05-12T05:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/stacey-abrams-hit-with-subpoena-in-alleged-campaign-finance-violations-saga-no-one-is-above-the-law-2.html"},"modified":"2026-05-12T05:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:22:47","slug":"stacey-abrams-hit-with-subpoena-in-alleged-campaign-finance-violations-saga-no-one-is-above-the-law-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/stacey-abrams-hit-with-subpoena-in-alleged-campaign-finance-violations-saga-no-one-is-above-the-law-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams hit with subpoena in alleged campaign finance violations saga: &#8216;No one is above the law&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/afc560c7_image.jpg\" alt=\"Lee Zeldin exposes Stacey Abrams\u2019 climate group funding\" width=\"896\" height=\"500\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\" \/> <span class=\"overlay\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">Video<\/span><\/a> <!--&gt; \n\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Lee Zeldin exposes Stacey Abrams\u2019 climate group funding<\/a><\/h4>\n\n \n\n<p data-v-324c3b57=\"\">EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin discusses how he discovered $2 billion put away by the Biden administration to support a climate group linked to Stacey Abrams on \u2018The Ingraham Angle.\u2019<\/p>\n\n \n\n<p class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> The <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Georgia<\/a> Senate is ramping up its investigation into alleged campaign finance violations tied to Stacey Abrams\u2019 voter outreach group, with a top lawmaker vowing to \"follow the facts wherever they lead\" as subpoenas have been issued to Abrams and other key figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Senate Special Committee on Investigations announced Monday that Abrams, along with New Georgia Project leaders Lauren Groh-Wargo and Ns\u00e9 Ufot, must appear before lawmakers at the State Capitol at 10 a.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"This committee has a responsibility to follow the facts wherever they lead,\" said Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal, the committee\u2019s vice chairman. \"Georgia law requires transparency and accountability in our elections.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The subpoenas stem from findings by the Georgia State Ethics Commission that the New Georgia Project and its affiliated Action Fund violated campaign finance laws during the 2018 election cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>STACEY ABRAMS-FOUNDED VOTER ACTIVIST GROUP HIT WITH MASS LAYOFFS AFTER RECORD-BREAKING ETHICS FINE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/f403c42d_Stacey-Abrams.jpg\" alt=\"Stacey Abrams speaking to reporters at Georgia State University in Atlanta\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/> \n\n<p><span>Stacey Abrams, Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia, speaks to reporters at Georgia State University in Atlanta on Nov. 7, 2022.<\/span> <span>(Elijah Nouvelage\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The groups admitted to 16 violations earlier this year and <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">agreed to pay a $300,000 fine<\/a>, the largest campaign finance penalty in Georgia history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Georgia Project shut down and dissolved in 2025 following mounting financial and legal troubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Republican lawmakers<\/a> explain in the press release that the goal of the probe is to figure out who was involved in the decision-making behind the violations, along with specifics on how the funds were managed and who was aware of the activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE UNLEASHES ON STACEY ABRAMS IN LATEST CLASH OVER TRUMP\u2019S ELECTION ORDER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgia's Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones said in the release, \"No one is above the law in Georgia.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.\"<\/p>\n\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/f5699e23_stacey-abrams.png\" alt=\"Former Georgia House Rep. Stacey Abrams attending a community fish fry in Fort Valley, Georgia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/> \n\n<p><span>Former Georgia House Rep. Stacey Abrams attends the Fort Valley GOTV Community Fish Fry at the Agricultural Technology Conference Center in Fort Valley, Georgia, on Oct. 13, 2024.<\/span> <span>(Julia Beverly\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmakers say that additional hearings and witness testimony are expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Today, the Georgia State Senate delivered a subpoena for me to testify in a partisan, performative hearing designed to intimidate and disarm voting rights advocates across Georgia and the nation,\" Abrams wrote in a response to the subpoena <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">posted on X<\/a>. \"Despite the hollow, cynical intent, I will indeed do so on a mutually agreeable date.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"It is not lost on me that I am being summoned days after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted protections for minority voting power and after I testified against the unconscionable voter suppression process unfolding across several Southern states.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abrams, the two-time Democratic gubernatorial nominee in battleground Georgia, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">ruled out<\/a> another run for governor earlier this year, saying that instead she'll focus on her work fighting what she warns is the nation's move toward authoritarianism under President Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abrams, a former Democratic Party leader in the Georgia state legislature and a nationally known voting-rights advocate, narrowly lost to Republican Gov. <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><u>Brian Kemp<\/u><\/a> in the 2018 gubernatorial election. She lost her 2022 rematch with Kemp by nearly eight points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i>Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report<\/i><\/p>\n\n --> <!--&gt; \n\n<p>Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.<\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n<p>Article source: https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/stacey-abrams-hit-subpoena-alleged-campaign-finance-violations-saga-no-one-above-law<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video Article source: https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/stacey-abrams-hit-subpoena-alleged-campaign-finance-violations-saga-no-one-above-law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-332430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}