MUR #5568
EMPOWER ILLINOISSummary
RESPONDENTS: Empower Illinois Media Fund; Carter, Eugene T.; Davis, Jeffery D.; Empower Illinois; Keyes 2004, Inc.; Keyes, Alan L.; Roeser, Jack
COMPLAINANTS: Sloan, Melanie; Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
SUBJECT: Contributions-Prohibited; Contributions-Excessive; Other; Reporting
DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 5-0 on an amended pre-meeting tally, to take the following actions in MUR 5568: 1. Accept the Conciliation Agreement with Empower Illinois Media Fund, as recommended in the General Counsel's Report dated June 27, 2007. 2. Take no further action with respect to Empower Illinois. 3. Dismiss as a matter of prosecutorial discretion the allegation that Jack Roeser violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a(a) by making an excessive contribution to Empower Illinois Media Fund.4. Find no reason to believe that Jack Roeser violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a(a) by making an excessive contribution to Empower Illinois.5. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis for Jack Roeser, as recommended in the General Counsel's Report dated June 27, 2007.6. Approve the appropriate letters.7. Close the file.
The Commission decided by a vote of 5 - 0 to take the following actions in MUR 5568:
1. Find reason to believe that Empower Illinois and Empower Illinois Media Fund violated 2 U.S.C. §§ 433, 434, and 441a(f) by failing to register as a political committee with the Commission, by failing to report contributions and expenditures, and by knowingly accepting contributions in excess of $5,000.
2. Find no reason to believe that Empower Illinois, Empower Illinois Media Fund, and Jeffrey D. Davis violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a by making excessive in-kind contributions in the form of coordinated expenditures to Alan Keyes or Keyes
2004, Inc.
3. Find no reason to believe that Jack Roeser violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a by making excessive in-kind contributions in the form of coordinated expenditures to Alan Keyes or Keyes 2004, Inc.
4. Find no reason to believe that Alan Keyes, Keyes 2004, Inc., and Eugene T. Carter, in his official capacity as Treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a by knowingly accepting excessive in-kind contributions in the form of coordinated
expenditures.
5. Take no action at this time with respect to the allegation that Jack Roeser violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a by making excessive contributions to Empower Illinois and Empower Illinois Media Fund.
6. Find no reason to believe that Alan Keyes violated 2 U.S.C. § 441i(e) by directing or suggesting that Jack Roeser contribute to Empower Illinois.
7. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the General Counsel?s
Report dated November 1, 2005.
8. Authorize the use of compulsory process.
9. Approve the appropriate letters.
Disposition
| Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conciliation: Pre Probable Cause | $3,000.00 | Empower Illinois Media Fund |
2
U.S.C.
§433
2 U.S.C. §434 2 U.S.C. §441a 2 U.S.C. §441a(f) |
| No Reason to Believe | Roeser, Jack | 2 U.S.C. §441a(a) | |
| Davis, Jeffery D. | 2 U.S.C. §441a | ||
| Keyes, Alan L. |
2
U.S.C.
§441a
2 U.S.C. §441i(e) |
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| Keyes 2004, Inc. | 2 U.S.C. §441a | ||
| Carter, Eugene T. | 2 U.S.C. §441a | ||
| Reason to Believe Finding/No Further Action | Empower Illinois |
2
U.S.C.
§433
2 U.S.C. §434 2 U.S.C. §441a 2 U.S.C. §441a(f) |
Documents
Participants
| Relationship | Name |
|---|---|
| Primary respondent | Empower Illinois Media Fund |
| Previous respondent | Carter, Eugene T. |
| Davis, Jeffery D. | |
| Empower Illinois | |
| Keyes 2004, Inc. | |
| Keyes, Alan L. | |
| Roeser, Jack | |
| Complainant | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington |
| Sloan, Melanie | |
| Respondent's counsel | Duggan, John P., Esq. |
| Mitchell, Cleta, Esq. |