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Week of December 10 – December 14, 2018

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MUR 7434

COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated
RESPONDENTS: Gary Johnson Victory Fund and Christina Needham, in her official capacity as treasurer (the Committee)

SUBJECT: In the normal course of carrying out its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings to determine whether the Committee had failed to disclose an aggregate total of $899,400.01 in increased activity on its 2016 October Quarterly Report.

The Committee is a joint fundraising committee comprised of Gary Johnson 2016, the principal campaign committee of Gary Johnson’s presidential campaign, and 24 Libertarian state party committees.

DISPOSITION: The Commission found reason to believe the Committee failed to timely disclose its financial activity. The Committee entered into a conciliation agreement providing for the Committee to pay a civil penalty of $17,250.

MUR 7275

COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated
RESPONDENTS: Conservative Campaign Committee and Kelly Lawler, in her official capacity as treasurer (the Committee)

SUBJECT: In the normal course of carrying out its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings to determine whether the Cmte failed to properly disclose an aggregate of $270,210 in independent expenditures (IEs) it had made in the 2012 election cycle,

and whether it had failed to timely file 24-Hour Reports of IEs totaling $12,302 and failed to file any reports for IEs totaling $3,774.

DISPOSITION: The Commission found reason to believe the Committee had failed to properly disclose IEs totaling $286,286. The Commission entered into a conciliation agreement providing for the Committee to pay a civil penalty of $21,000.

MUR 7381

COMPLAINANT: Jo Anne DeVries
RESPONDENTS: Rick Scott for Florida and Salvatore Purpura, in his official capacity treasurer (the Committee); and Rick Scott

SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that Scott became a candidate in late March 2018 therefore the Committee was required to file a 2018 April Quarterly Report. Scott was a 2018 candidate for Florida’s United States Senate seat.

DISPOSITION: The Commission exercised its prosecutorial discretion and dismissed the matter in consideration of Commission priorities.