Court Greenlights Campaign Finance Case Against Nonprofit in Georgia

The state of Georgia can now proceed with its civil enforcement action against a nonprofit founded by former state representative and gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The appeals court on July 8 struck down a 2022 injunction blocking Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr from pursuing the state’s case against the New Georgia Project for suspected violations of state campaign finance laws. In 2019, the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission opened an investigation into Ms. Abrams’s New Georgia Project and New Georgia Project Action Fund. At the time, the allegations included engaging in undisclosed election spending in 2018 and 2019, and illegally canvassing for Democratic candidates during the 2018 midterm elections....