$4.2 Million Undisclosed.
16 Admitted Violations.
Kemp Won By 54,723 Votes.
Now Abrams Is Subpoenaed.
On May 11, 2026, the Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigations — created by Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R-GA) — issued subpoenas to Stacey Abrams (D-GA), former New Georgia Project CEO Nsé Ufot, and Fair Fight CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo. The three are compelled to appear at the State Capitol for sworn testimony. The subpoenas mark the first time the case has moved from administrative settlement to compelled in-person interrogation.
The case is not new. On January 15, 2025, the Georgia State Ethics Commission — under Executive Secretary David Emadi, a former Douglas County prosecutor — ground out a record $300,000 consent order against the New Georgia Project and NGP Action Fund. The order documented 16 admitted violations of Georgia’s Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act, $4.2 million in undisclosed contributions, and $3.2 million in undisclosed spendingtied directly to Abrams’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign. Brian Kemp (R-GA) won that race by 54,723 votes.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA)served as NGP board chair from 2014 through 2017 — overlapping the violation period. House Ways & Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO-08) and House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI-01) pressed the IRS and the GSEC respectively through 2025. The organization formally dissolved on October 16, 2025. The subpoenas now force what the dissolution did not: testimony, under oath, by the named individuals who ran the operation.
- $300,000record Georgia campaign-finance fineGSEC consent order, January 15, 2025 — 16 admitted violations of GA Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act.
- $4.2Mundisclosed contributionsRaised by New Georgia Project and NGP Action Fund during the 2018 cycle.
- $3.2Mundisclosed spendingOn Abrams's 2018 gubernatorial campaign and other Democratic candidates.
- 54,723Kemp's 2018 marginBrian Kemp (R-GA) defeated Abrams by 1.4 points; the contested cycle covered by the GSEC settlement.
- $20.2Mto Lawrence & BundyTotal paid over five years to Allegra Lawrence-Hardy's law firm by Abrams-linked entities (RealClearInvestigations, 2025).
The admission: New Georgia Project and NGP Action Fund admitted to 16 violations of the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act tied to the 2018 election cycle.
The conduct:Operating as an unregistered campaign committee. Raising $4.2 million in contributions without registering or disclosing donors. Spending $3.2 million on Abrams’s gubernatorial campaign and other Democratic candidates without filing the required reports.
The 2019 add-on: Additional unreported donations (~$650K) and expenditures (~$175K) on the 2019 Gwinnett County transit referendum.
The $300,000 fine: Largest campaign-finance penalty in Georgia history per GSEC.
The named investigator: David Emadi, GSEC Executive Secretary since March 2019. Former Douglas County prosecutor. Announced the Abrams campaign-records subpoena in April 2019. Six-year probe culminating in the 2025 consent order.
“This represents the largest and most significant instance of an organization illegally influencing our statewide elections in Georgia that we have ever discovered.”
David Emadi · Executive Secretary, Georgia State Ethics Commission · January 15, 2025 GSEC consent vote
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R-GA)— created the Senate Special Committee; issued the subpoenas; on-record statement: “No one is above the law.”
State Sen. Greg Dolezal (R-GA)— Vice Chair; on the record that the committee will “follow the facts wherever they lead.”
Compelled witnesses:
— Stacey Abrams (D-GA), founder of NGP and Fair Fight Action; 2018 + 2022 Democratic gubernatorial nominee.
— Lauren Groh-Wargo, Fair Fight CEO; Abrams’s 2018 campaign manager.
— Nsé Ufot, former New Georgia Project CEO (2014–2022).
The legal escalation: The GSEC consent order documented administrative liability for the organizations. The Senate subpoenas force sworn personal testimony from the individuals who ran them — a distinct accountability track.
“The people of Georgia were defrauded by Stacey Abrams. She's now been forced to admit it and tried to get it to go away. But Georgians want real accountability. With these subpoena powers, my office is going to get to the truth. In Georgia, nobody is above the law, even if they were a darling of MSNBC.”
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R-GA) · May 11, 2026
RealClearInvestigations reported in June 2025 that Abrams-linked entities paid $20.2 million over five yearsto the law firm of Allegra Lawrence-Hardy — who chaired Abrams’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign. Lawrence-Hardy’s firm has not been the subject of the GSEC enforcement action; the RCI reporting is a separate accountability thread that documents what happened with the money that did move through the NGP/Fair Fight orbit. The Senate subpoenas are addressed to the organizational principals, not the firm.
The GSEC consent order resolved the organizational exposure for $300,000. The Senate subpoenas address the personal-accountability gap: who knew, who directed, who signed off. The factual record is not in dispute — the violations are admitted. What is now under oath is the question of whether anyone individually authorized the operation that GSEC’s own executive secretary called “the largest and most significant instance of an organization illegally influencing our statewide elections” the commission had ever documented.
Stacey Abrams’s (D-GA) voter-mobilization apparatus admitted 16 violations and paid Georgia’s largest-ever campaign-finance fine. The organization is dissolved. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) chaired its board during the violation period. Now Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R-GA)’s Senate Special Committee has subpoenaed sworn testimony. The administrative case closed. The personal-accountability case just opened.