status, achieved in part by blaming racially discriminatory voter suppres- sion for her defeat. Abrams has been accused of tap-
ping public resources to drum up sales for her books. She began her career in govern-
ment working for the city of Atlanta as an attorney before serving 11 years in the Georgia State Assembly. At the same time, she started a
consulting firm, Sage Works LLC, “providing advice to governmental and nonprofit clients on operations,” according to her disclosures. While in the Assembly, Abrams
also supplemented her state salary with more than $150,000 in per diem payments. Such payments are routine. But
in 2011, she claimed per diem plus mileage for working in Georgia on the same day that a lobbyist reported buying her a cab ride out of state in Miami. When confronted with the discrepancy, Abrams said she made a mistake and reimbursed the state. Abrams made so many “mistakes” on her annual state financial disclo-
Campaign disclosures reveal an in-kind donation — valued at $542,000 worth of Fair Fight employees’ time — plus a $1.5 million direct donation from Fair Fight to Abrams’ leadership PAC.
sures she had to file no fewer than 18 amendments after watchdogs and local media caught major errors and omissions. Abrams appears to have used chari-
table donations to her nonprofits to fund her political campaigns. A year before she launched her 2018 bid for governor, Abrams founded a fundrais- ing arm for her voter registration non- profit, New Georgia Project. The state ethics board found that
the project and its “action fund” failed to disclose $4.2 million in contribu- tions and $3.2 million in spending dur- ing the 2018 election cycle on behalf of Abrams’ failed bid for governor. Earlier this year, the organiza-
tions agreed to pay a $300,000 fine for the violations, prompting dozens of layoffs. Abrams is also the founder of a host
of other liberal nonprofits that col- lectively have raised more than $100 million in charitable donations. As 501(c)(3) nonprofits, they are
not required to reveal their donors. But in her books, Abrams has thanked wealthy liberal philanthropists Steve Phillips and Susan Sandler, as well as “the Soros family.” U.S. agencies also fund her organizations through federal grants. Abrams resigned from Fair Fight
Abrams appears to have used charitable donations to her nonprofits to fund her political campaigns.
Action’s board before she announced her second run for governor in 2022, but the nonprofit nonetheless acted on her behalf during the election. Campaign disclosures reveal an in-
kind donation — valued at $542,000 worth of Fair Fight employees’ time — plus a $1.5 million direct donation from Fair Fight to Abrams’ leader- ship PAC. She co-founded the financial ser-
vices firm NOWaccount Corp in 2010 to take advantage of an Obama-era federal jobs program. Abrams was paid at least $660,000
in salary from NOWaccount, even as her company ran into trouble with the Georgia Department of Communi- ty Affairs. The agency complained her outfit recommended loan applications for approval of clients with inflated credit scores and who otherwise would not have been eligible to receive lines of credit from the state program. All told, taxpayers had to cover
more than $1.3 million in defaults con- nected to her company. Abrams’ latest government-tied
venture is perhaps her most con- troversial — and could be her most lucrative. Since March 2023, she’s been work-
ing as senior counsel for Rewiring America, a Washington-based green energy group that’s backed by a $2 billion EPA grant as part of former President Joe Biden’s climate agenda to “decarbonize” the country. The goal is to replace all gas appli-
ances in households by encouraging homeowners to take advantage of green tax credits, rebates, and other inducements made available through Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which included $27 billion for a Biden initiative called the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. After running for statewide office
and helping Biden win Georgia in 2020, Abrams almost overnight has become a multimillionaire with a 4,100-square-foot home near Emory University valued at more than $1.4 million and more than $727,000 in stocks and bonds. — RealClearIn- vestigations
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