Failed Democrat Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight Action group has been ordered to pay a quarter-million dollars in legal costs by a federal court.
Fair Fight Action, a voting rights organization founded by Abrams, was ordered to pay $231,303.71 in legal fees after their longtime predominate case, Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger, came to a close with a federal judge ruling against them in their remaining three claims.
Specifically, the group was ordered to pay $192,628.85 for "printed or electronically recorded transcripts necessarily obtained for use in the case" as well as $38,674.86 for making copies to use in the case.
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"This is a win for taxpayers and voters who knew all along that Stacey Abrams voter suppression claims were false, it has never been easier to vote and harder to cheat in the state of Georgia," Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a press release first obtained by Fox News Digital.
"This is a start, but I think Stacey Abrams should pay back the millions of taxpayer dollars the state was forced to spend to disprove her false claims," Raffensperger added.
The owed legal fees stem from Fair Fights' unsuccessful lawsuit against Raffensperger for voting laws they deemed suppressive. The suit challenged the Peach State's absentee ballot provisions, voter roll oversight, and verification rules. U.S. District Court Judge Steven Jones ruled against Fair Fight last...
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