Stacey Abrams dark money group hauled in $62 million following 2018 election loss

Fair Fight Action, a 501 nonprofit group that has been accused of abusing its nonprofit status to prop up `Abrams's political career, was funded almost exclusively by undisclosed large-dollar contributions, according to the group's 2019 and 2020 federal form 990 tax returns. Over 96% of the combined $61.9 million the group raised in those two years came from just 252 unidentified donors, the records showed. That's an average donation of about $235,000.

Fair Fight Action's conduct prompted the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group, to demand the IRS investigate the dark money group for allegedly violating its nonprofit status to support Abrams's political career. Arnold said the IRS has not provided an update on her group's complaint since it was filed in March 2019.

Abrams changed her tune after she announced her second campaign for governor in December, telling MSNBC she"did not challenge the outcome" of the 2018 election. Fair Fight Action's $61.9 million dark money fundraising haul came on top of the more than $95 million its affiliated political action committee, Fair Fight PAC, raised in 2019 and 2020. Fair Fight PAC also helped raised more than $12 million each during the 2020 campaigns for Georgia Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

Abrams's gubernatorial campaign reported paying $20,000 to Swing State Consulting for"Management Consulting Services" on Dec. 28.

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