Georgia Republican Rep. Buddy Carter calls for additional penalties against the nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams, which was fined a record Wednesday for illegally supporting her failed 2018 gubernatorial campaign. I am doing it.
Georgia Republicans sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Wuerffel on Wednesday night revoking the nonprofit’s nonprofit status, according to a letter obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation. It asked the department to investigate further violations of federal law. . (Related article: Stacey Abrams doubles down on ‘voter suppression’ claims in Georgia despite record early voting turnout)
Georgia Ethics Commission fined On Wednesday, a nonpartisan voting advocacy nonprofit and its affiliated action fund were fined $300,000, the largest fine ever imposed on an organization for violating state campaign finance laws. The nonprofit admitted to violating 16 state campaign finance laws for supporting Abrams’ campaign without registering as an independent political action committee and filing regular disclosure reports. Ta.
Notably, Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock ran the New Georgia Project during a period when the nonprofit engaged in illegal campaign activities before running for Senate in 2020. .
“Organizational misconduct is [New Georgia Project] “Tax-exempt status and violations of federal campaign finance laws are serious violations of public trust that undermine our nation’s tax laws and election system, and require a full investigation by the Internal Revenue Service,” Carter wrote in the letter. mentioned in. “Given the facts that have already been reported, I believe that the tax-exempt status of the New Georgia Project and its associated action funds should be revoked and that they should be subject to further penalties.”
Carter said that because the New Georgia Project is registered as a 501(c)(3), the nonprofit organization is “absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in or interfering with any political campaign.” “It has been done,” he points out. The company’s tax-exempt status makes it a “candidate for elective office.”
However, even though the New Georgia Project certified to the IRS that it did not engage in political campaign activity that year, the nonprofit group did not engage in any political campaign activity in 2018 or other Democratic candidates. He admitted that he failed to disclose that he spent $3.2 million in campaign funds that he told voters to support. on the ballot.
The voting advocacy nonprofit also admitted engaging in illegal campaign finance activities in 2019 by participating in a partisan campaign supporting the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a referendum on extending public transit. Ta. reported Wednesday.
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Carter told DCNF on Wednesday that the record fines imposed by the state commission are not enough to hold nonprofits accountable for engaging in illegal campaign activities.
“It’s unfortunate that Stacey Abrams, who lost office after repeating lies that the election was stolen, has once again made a mockery of our free and fair election system,” Carter told DCNF. . “Georgians deserve better.”
An IRS spokesperson did not immediately respond to DCNF’s request for comment on Carter’s letter.
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