Citing no evidence, Kemp's office launches investigation of Democratic Party of Georgia

Brian Kemp.
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On Sunday, the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced it is investigating the Democratic Party of Georgia over an alleged attempted hack of the state's voter registration system.

Kemp is also the Republican gubernatorial candidate, and his office did not provide any evidence or say why the state's Democratic Party is being investigated as part of the probe. For months, people have been calling on Kemp to step down from his role overseeing the election that he is running in, and the Democratic Party of Georgia said in a statement this is "yet another example of abuse of power by an unethical secretary of state," adding his "scurrilous claims are 100 percent false." Kemp's office said the FBI and Department of Homeland Security have been notified.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.