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Posted on 06/11/2025 2:40:32 PM PDT by bitt
By Paul Sperry RealClearInvestigations:
A nonprofit founded by Georgia Democratic politician Stacey Abrams to protect voting rights paid more than $20 million to a lawyer who is a close friend and helped set up two of her private businesses, according to tax and state incorporation filings and other records obtained by RealClearInvestigations.
Abrams’ Fair Fight Action redirected the tax-exempt donations and government grants to Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, her former campaign chair between 2019 and 2023. Most of the funds covered legal expenses charged by the boutique law firm Lawrence-Hardy co-founded, for a failed race-bias lawsuit filed against Abram’s Republican opponent, Gov. Brian Kemp, after she lost to him in Georgia’s 2018 gubernatorial election.
In its articles of incorporation, Fair Fight Action Inc. states that “The Corporation will not be operated for the pecuniary gain or profit of any individual.” They also said no revenues will be “distributed” to any individual except when “authorized to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered.”
The nonprofit’s payout to her friend’s law firm, which averaged more than $4 million each year over those five years, raised eyebrows and conflict-of-interest concerns among ethics watchdogs briefed by RCI.
“Twenty million in fees is outrageous,” said Paul Kamenar, counsel for the National Legal and Policy Center. “It may be an IRS violation for waste of nonprofit assets, as well as self-dealing and other ethical and legal breaches.”
“At a minimum hiring her friend as lead attorney presents a glaring conflict of interest, because Abrams’ close association with both the Fair Fight case and her friend provided an opportunity to enrich her friend through the nonprofit’s litigation.”
He and other legal experts say the costs to litigate the case were extravagant compared with other voting-rights cases fought in federal court. The state of Georgia paid less than $6 million total to its law firms defending the state in the case.
The unusually high legal bills helped drive Fair Fight Action more than $2.5 million into debt last year, forcing the group to lay off the majority of its staff.
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Pure grift.
Producers vs Looters and Parasites.
Lock her up and throw away that key, but, first, make sure she’s locked up with a trans female person.
Abrams has the IQ of a turnip.
If she moved $$$ around, someone told her to do it.
Why is this woman not in prison?
No cell is big enough?
Mattress cash wouldn't be safe.
A dishonest Democrat ... I’m totally shocked.
Probably had to pay a lot for him to be her “pal.”
Not in prison as she would destroy the food budget.
In the movie, “A Man Called Horse”, the Native Americans hung the man with hooks through his nipples and strung him up over a fire. This is what needs to be done to James and Abrams.
That would be a lot of bread, but water’s not that expensive.
Not surprising for Stacy The Hutt.
And today, DNC members vote 294 to 99 to annul vice chair victory of David Hogg, citing diversity quotas.
Democrats are in such disarray. And they get doubling down on taking the 20 in 80/20 issues.
And she git half.
Bad move. At least David Hogg sounded coherent.
I guess we shouldn't complain. They'll replace him with a clone of Kamala Harris.
Perhaps this will be the "red pill" moment for Hogg.
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