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State ethics commission approves $300,000 consent order with New Georgia Project after multiyear investigation
Summary
The Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission approved a consent order resolving a long-running enforcement case against New Georgia Project and its affiliated action fund, which staff said failed to disclose millions in 2018–19 campaign-related contributions and expenditures; respondents agreed to a $300,000 civil penalty.
The Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission voted Jan. 15 to adopt a consent order resolving the agency's enforcement case against New Georgia Project Inc. and New Georgia Project Action Fund Inc., a matter first filed in 2019.
Commission staff attorney Mr. Amati told commissioners the case began with subpoenas issued after the 2018 election and grew after bank records were returned in March 2022. Amati said the commission's amended complaint, filed June 17, 2022, and evidence presented at a 2022 probable-cause hearing showed undisclosed fundraising and spending that, in staff's description, amounted to roughly $4.2 million in unreported contributions and $3.2 million in unreported expenditures during the 2018 election cycle and…
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