Former senator Kelly Loeffler (R., Ga.) called on authorities to fast-track an investigation into Stacey Abrams’s voter registration group following a Washington Free Beacon report on the group’s alleged financial impropriety.
Loeffler on Monday called on the Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission to probe Abrams's New Georgia Project, which raised $25 million in 2020 to boost non-white Democratic turnout in the state. The Free Beacon reported that the group's top financial officer was fired in June after informing colleagues he couldn’t do his job without violating the law, and that the group needed to bring in a forensic accountant to right its ship. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D., Ga.), who will appear with Abrams on the ballot Tuesday, served as the group’s chairman from 2017 through early 2020.
Because of the New Georgia Project's involvement in the two high-profile elections, Loeffler said it is incumbent upon Georgia authorities to investigate the group immediately "to protect the integrity of our elections for every Georgia voter."
"Georgia’s elections are determined at the margin," Loeffler told the Free Beacon. "The illegal influence they could be generating here needs to be investigated."
An investigation could pose problems for Abrams and Warnock, both of whom are tied to groups plagued by scandal in the weeks leading up to Election Day. The Georgia state ethics commission determined in August that the New Georgia Project likely...
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