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Anyone needing an example of how destructive the DC Circuit’s CHGO decision is to @FEC enforcement need look no further than the $100+ million potential #campaignfinance violation in MUR 6596 (Crossroads GPS) and my GOP colleagues’ just-issued statement of reasons about it. /1
@FEC In this matter, Crossroads GPS spent $139m on political activity in 2012 (73.4% of budget!) yet didn’t register as a political committee. But @FEC GOPers actively waved off directly on-point federal case and ignored clear and settled law in excusing this inexcusable behavior. /2
Their statement flails along for 19 pages. But they could have tossed the first 18. All that mattered was this paragraph. Per CHGO, the mention of “prosecutorial discretion” allowed them to place their opinion beyond any court's review. This is *not* what Congress had in mind. /3
The Rs’ statement: fec.gov/files/legal/mu…

My statement: fec.gov/files/legal/mu…

More on why the CHGO so badly need to be flipped by the DC Circuit:

fec.gov/resources/cms-…

fec.gov/resources/cms-…

My tweets on today's denial of en banc rehearing:

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Ellen L Weintraub
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I will not be silenced.

The independence of the United States Federal Election Commission will not be compromised.

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This new complaint covers the same ground as one filed in 2017. That one was found to be absolutely baseless:

"Report of Investigation INV-17-04,” Federal Election Commission Office of Inspector General(December 21, 2017):

fec.gov/documents/1776…

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Key quote, from p. 10:

“As a government employee, Commissioner Weintraub is tasked with ensuring the public the integrity of the government and as a FEC Commissioner she is to ensure campaign finance laws are administered….”

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Funny story. The @FEC puts out a "Weekly Digest" of everything we do, an immensely helpful public resource. Check it out, and subscribe, here:

fec.gov/updates/?updat…
@FEC 2/

This week, I published a “Draft Interpretive Rule Concerning Prohibited Activities Involving Foreign Nationals" on the fec.gov web site:

fec.gov/documents/1796…
@FEC 3/

GOP FEC Commissioner Caroline Hunter took the altogether unprecedented step of objecting to its being added to the Digest and blocked publication of the whole Digest as a result.
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Ellen L Weintraub
@EllenLWeintraub
Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery. I lifted this idea from Sen. Ron Wyden: Allow national parties to dip into segregated accounts for HQ buildings to buy secure devices & cybersecurity products & services for federal campaigns & national and state party committees.

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Advantages: Hard dollars, fully disclosed. Payments don’t count against coordinated limits. Campaigns & parties get resources to fight urgent threat.

I've refashioned Wyden’s bill as an interpretive rule: fec.gov/documents/1418…

On the agenda for @FEC’s Thurs open meeting.

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Find Sen. @RonWyden’s bill here:

wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

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