MUR #7292
REPRESENTATIVE CLIFFORD STEARNSSummary
RESPONDENTS: Stearns, Clifford "Cliff" B.; Friends of Cliff Stearns; Stearns, Joan
COMPLAINANTS: Campaign Legal Center; Kelley, Catherine Hinckley; Fischer (CLC), Brendan M.
SUBJECT: Personal use
DISPOSITION: The Commission failed by a vote of 2-2 to:
a. Reject the conciliation agreement.
b. Go back and negotiate an agreement with a tougher penalty, one where Mr. Stearns would have personal liability for some of the penalty.
The Commission decided by a vote of 4-0 to:
a. Accept the signed conciliation agreement with Clifford “Cliff” B. Stearns and Friends of Cliff Stearns and Joan Stearns in her official capacity as treasurer, as recommended in the Memorandum to the Commission dated June 19, 2019.
b. Approve the appropriate letters.
c. Close the file.
The Commission decided by a vote of 4-0 to take the following actions in MUR 7292:
1. Approve the conciliation agreement, as recommended in the Memorandum to the
Commission dated April 3, 2019, subject to the edit circulated by Chair Weintraub’s office on April 10, 2019.
2. Approve the appropriate letter.
The Commission failed by a vote of 2-2 to:
a. Find reason to believe that Clifford “Cliff” B. Stearns and Friends of Cliff Stearns and Joan Stearns in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52
U.S.C. § 30114(b).
b. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated April 27, 2018.
c. Approve the use of compulsory process.
d. Approve the appropriate letters.
The Commission decided by a vote of 4-0 to:
a. Find reason to believe that Clifford “Cliff” B. Stearns and Friends of Cliff Stearns and Joan Stearns in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52
U.S.C. § 30114(b).
b. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated April 27, 2018, subject to the edits circulated by
Commissioner Hunter and Petersen’s offices on March 15, 2019 and counter-edits received from Commissioner Weintraub’s office on March 18, 2019.
c. Instruct the Office of General Counsel to prepare an appropriate conciliation agreement to be circulated on tally as soon as possible.
d. Approve the appropriate letters.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
---|---|---|---|
Approved by Commission | $6,900.00 | Stearns, Clifford "Cliff" B. | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Stearns, Joan | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Friends of Cliff Stearns | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Approved Recs. | $6,900.00 | Stearns, Clifford "Cliff" B. | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Stearns, Joan | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Friends of Cliff Stearns | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Case Activated | $6,900.00 | Friends of Cliff Stearns | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Stearns, Clifford "Cliff" B. | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Stearns, Joan | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Case Activation | $6,900.00 | Stearns, Clifford "Cliff" B. | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Friends of Cliff Stearns | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Stearns, Joan | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Conciliation-PPC | $6,900.00 | Stearns, Clifford "Cliff" B. | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Stearns, Joan | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Friends of Cliff Stearns | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
First General Counsel Report | $6,900.00 | Stearns, Clifford "Cliff" B. | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Friends of Cliff Stearns | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Stearns, Joan | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Pre-PCC Commenced | $6,900.00 | Stearns, Clifford "Cliff" B. | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Friends of Cliff Stearns | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Stearns, Joan | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Received | Kelley, Catherine Hinckley | ||
Fischer (CLC), Brendan M. | |||
Campaign Legal Center | |||
Response Received | $6,900.00 | Friends of Cliff Stearns | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Stearns, Joan | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
RTB Finding | $6,900.00 | Stearns, Joan | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Stearns, Clifford "Cliff" B. | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Friends of Cliff Stearns | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
---|---|
Primary respondent | Stearns, Clifford "Cliff" B. |
Previous respondent | Friends of Cliff Stearns |
Stearns, Joan | |
Complainant | Campaign Legal Center |
Fischer (CLC), Brendan M. | |
Kelley, Catherine Hinckley |