MUR #7038
BERNIE 2016, ET AL.Summary
RESPONDENTS: Bernie 2016; Grossman, Joshua; Jackson, Susan; Kuhl, Martha; National Nurses United for Patient Protection; People for Bernie; Progressive Kick Independent Expenditures (AKA People for Bernie); Sanders, Bernard
COMPLAINANT: American Democracy Legal Fund
SUBJECT: Contributions-Prohibited; Contributions-Excessive; Disclaimer; Other; Reporting
DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 5-0 to take the following actions in MUR 7038: 1. Dismiss the allegations that Progressive Kick Independent Expenditures and Joshua Grossman in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30102(e)(4) and 11 C.F.R. § 102.14(a) regarding the use of a candidate name and 52 U.S.C. § 30120(a) by failing to provide a disclaimer. 2. Dismiss the allegations that People for Bernie violated 52 U.S.C. § 30102(e)(4) and 11 C.F.R. § 102.14(a) regarding the use of a candidate name and 52 U.S.C. § 30120(a) by failing to provide a disclaimer. 3. Dismiss the allegation that National Nurses United for Patient Protection and Martha Kuhl in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b) by failing to adequately disclose the payee of certain disbursements pursuant to the Commission’s prosecutorial discretion under Heckler v. Chaney, 470 U.S. 821, 831-32 (1985). 4. Find no reason to believe that National Nurses United for Patient Protection and Martha Kuhl in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116(a) and 30118(a) by making excessive and prohibited contributions in the form of coordinated communications. 5. Find no reason to believe that Progressive Kick Independent Expenditures and Joshua Grossman in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116(a) and 30118(a) by making excessive and prohibited contributions in the form of coordinated communications. 6. Find no reason to believe that Senator Bernard Sanders violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116(f) and 30118(a) by accepting excessive and prohibited contributions in the form of coordinated communications. 7. Find no reason to believe that Bernie 2016 and Susan Jackson in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116(f) and 30118(a) by accepting excessive and prohibited contributions in the form of coordinated communications. 8. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated November 19, 2019, subject to the edits circulated by Commissioner Cooksey’s Office on behalf of Vice Chair Dickerson and Commissioners Cooksey and Trainor on May 14, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. and the additional edits circulated by Chair Broussard’s Office on May 19, 2021 at 7:17 p.m. 9. Approve the appropriate letters. 10. Close the file.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
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Dismissed-Other | Grossman, Joshua |
52
U.S.C.
§30102(e)(4)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) 52 U.S.C. §30120(a) 11 CFR 102.14(a) |
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People for Bernie |
52
U.S.C.
§30102(e)(4)
52 U.S.C. §30120(a) 11 CFR 102.14(a) |
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Progressive Kick Independent Expenditures (AKA People for Bernie) |
52
U.S.C.
§30102(e)(4)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) 52 U.S.C. §30120(a) 11 CFR 102.14(a) |
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Dismiss pursuant to prosecutorial discretion | Kuhl, Martha |
52
U.S.C.
§30104(b)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) |
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National Nurses United for Patient Protection |
52
U.S.C.
§30104(b)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) |
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No RTB | Kuhl, Martha |
52
U.S.C.
§30104(b)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) |
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Bernie 2016 |
52
U.S.C.
§30116(f)
52 U.S.C. §30118(a) |
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Jackson, Susan |
52
U.S.C.
§30116(f)
52 U.S.C. §30118(a) |
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Progressive Kick Independent Expenditures (AKA People for Bernie) |
52
U.S.C.
§30102(e)(4)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) 52 U.S.C. §30120(a) 11 CFR 102.14(a) |
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Grossman, Joshua |
52
U.S.C.
§30102(e)(4)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) 52 U.S.C. §30120(a) 11 CFR 102.14(a) |
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Sanders, Bernard |
52
U.S.C.
§30116(f)
52 U.S.C. §30118(a) |
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National Nurses United for Patient Protection |
52
U.S.C.
§30104(b)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
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Primary respondent | Bernie 2016 |
Previous respondent | Grossman, Joshua |
Jackson, Susan | |
Kuhl, Martha | |
National Nurses United for Patient Protection | |
People for Bernie | |
Progressive Kick Independent Expenditures (AKA People for Bernie) | |
Sanders, Bernard | |
Complainant | American Democracy Legal Fund |
Respondent's counsel | Gold, Laurence E., Esq. |
Reiff, Neil P. | |
Schwartz, Arthur |