MUR #6985
LEE ZELDINSummary
RESPONDENTS: Zeldin, Lee M.; Babylon Conservative Committee (BCC); Committee to Elect a Republican Majority (CERM); Friends of Senft for Senate; Islip Town Conservative Executive Committee; Marks, Nancy; New York Republican State Committee; New York State Conservative Party; Queens County Conservative Party; Riverhead Republican Committee; Smithtown Conservatives for Victory; Smithtown Republican Victory Fund; Smithtown Women's Republican Club; Suffolk County Conservative Chairman's Club; Zeldin for Congress; Zeldin for Senate (State)
COMPLAINANT: Long, Robin
SUBJECT: Contributions-In the name of another; Reporting; Soft Money
DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 4-0 to take the following actions in MUR 6985:
1. Take no further action in this matter.
2. Approve the appropriate letters.
3. Close the file.
The Commission decided by a vote of 5-0 to the following actions in the above-captioned matter:
1. Find reason to believe that Lee Zeldin violated 52 U.S.C. § 30125(e)(1)(B) in connection with receiving impermissible transfers and making impermissible
transfers to state and local political committees.
2. Find reason to believe that Zeldin for Senate violated 52 U.S.C. § 30125(e)(1)(B) in connection with receiving impermissible transfers and making
impermissible transfers to state and local political committees.
3. Find no reason to believe that Zeldin for Congress and Nancy Marks in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30104(a) or 30125(e) in
connection with alleged reciprocal contributions and journal advertisements.
4. Find no reason to believe that Lee Zeldin or Zeldin for Senate violated 52 U.S.C. § 30125(e)(1) in connection with alleged reciprocal contributions and
journal advertisements.
5. Find no reason to believe that Zeldin for Senate violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30103 and 30104 by failing to register and report as a federal political committee.
6. Find no reason to believe that Islip Town Conservative Executive Committee, Suffolk Conservative Chairman’s Club, Friends of Senft, New York State
Conservative Party, Smithtown Conservatives for Victory, Smithtown Women’s Republican Club, Smithtown Republican Victory Fund, Babylon Conservative
Committee, Riverhead Republican Committee, Committee to Elect a Republican Majority, Queens County Conservative Party, or New York Republican State
Committee violated the Act.
7. Close the file as to Zeldin for Congress and Nancy Marks in her official capacity as treasurer, Islip Town Conservative Executive Committee, Suffolk
Conservative Chairman’s Club, Friends of Senft, New York State Conservative Party, Smithtown Conservatives for Victory, Smithtown Women’s Republican Club,
Smithtown Republican Victory Fund, Babylon Conservative Committee, Riverhead Republican Committee, Committee to Elect a Republican Majority, Queens County
Conservative Party, and New York Republican State Committee.
8. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis sample for state and local party committees, as well as the Factual and Legal Analyses for Zeldin for Senate and
Lee Zeldin, and Zeldin for Congress, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated September 9, 2016, subject to the edits last circulated
by the Office of General Counsel on March 23, 2017 at 9:50 a.m.
9. Enter into conciliation with Lee Zeldin and Zeldin for Senate prior to a finding of probable cause to believe.
10. Approve the Conciliation Agreement as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated September 9, 2016, subject to the edits last circulated
by Commissioner Goodman’s office on March 20, 2017 at 9:43 a.m.
11. Approve the appropriate letters.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
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Dismissed-Other | Zeldin, Lee M. | 52 U.S.C. §30125(e)(1)(B) | |
Zeldin for Senate (State) | 52 U.S.C. §30125(e)(1)(B) | ||
No RTB | Marks, Nancy |
52
U.S.C.
§30104(a)
52 U.S.C. §30125(e) |
|
Islip Town Conservative Executive Committee | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
Smithtown Women's Republican Club | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
Riverhead Republican Committee | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
New York Republican State Committee | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
Smithtown Republican Victory Fund | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
Committee to Elect a Republican Majority (CERM) | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
Zeldin for Congress |
52
U.S.C.
§30104(a)
52 U.S.C. §30125(e) |
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Queens County Conservative Party | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
New York State Conservative Party | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
Friends of Senft for Senate | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
Suffolk County Conservative Chairman's Club | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
Babylon Conservative Committee (BCC) | 52 U.S.C. §30122 | ||
Smithtown Conservatives for Victory | 52 U.S.C. §30122 |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
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Primary respondent | Zeldin, Lee M. |
Previous respondent | Babylon Conservative Committee (BCC) |
Committee to Elect a Republican Majority (CERM) | |
Friends of Senft for Senate | |
Islip Town Conservative Executive Committee | |
Marks, Nancy | |
New York Republican State Committee | |
New York State Conservative Party | |
Queens County Conservative Party | |
Riverhead Republican Committee | |
Smithtown Conservatives for Victory | |
Smithtown Republican Victory Fund | |
Smithtown Women's Republican Club | |
Suffolk County Conservative Chairman's Club | |
Zeldin for Congress | |
Zeldin for Senate (State) | |
Complainant | Long, Robin |