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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has recently made public its
final action on a matter previously under review (MURs). This release
contains only disposition information. Specific released documents placed
on the public record within the following closed MURs are cited following
DISPOSITION heading. Release of these documents is consistent with the
district court opinion in the December 19, 2001, decision of AFL-CIO v.
FEC.
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MUR 4313 |
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RESPONDENTS: |
(a) Coalition for Good Government, Inc.
(b) Paul Tudor Jones, II
(c) Lugar for President, Inc., Patrick J. Kiely, treasurer
(d) Honorable Richard Lugar
(e) Tudor Investment Corporation |
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COMPLAINANT: |
United States Sugar Corporation |
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SUBJECT: |
Failure to file independent expenditure
reports; disclaimer; corporate contribution; excessive contribution;
exceeding annual contribution limit |
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DISPOSITION: |
(a) Conciliation Agreement: $ 9,000 civil
penalty* [re: failure to file independent expenditure reports;
disclaimer]
(b) Probable cause to believe, but took no further action*
[re: corporate contributions; excessive contributions;
exceeding the annual $25,000 contribution limit]
(c-d) No reason to believe*
[re: any provision of the law]
(e) No reason to believe
[re: corporate contribution] |
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DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
First General Counsel’s Report (dated
October 18, 1996, certification of vote by Commissioners (dated October
29, 1996), certification of vote by Commissioners (dated December 3,
2002), Conciliation Agreement, receipt of payment (dated November 6,
2002) |
*There are four administrative stages to the FEC enforcement process:
| 1. Receipt of proper complaint |
3. "Probable cause" stage |
| 2. "Reason to believe" stage |
4. Conciliation stage |
It requires the votes of at least four of the six Commissioners to take
any action. The FEC can close a case at any point after reviewing a
complaint. If a violation is found and conciliation cannot be reached, then
the FEC can institute a civil court action against a respondent.
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