MUR #7305

RESPONDENTS: Colorado Republican Committee; Elsner, Richard

COMPLAINANT:

SUBJECT: Reporting

DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 4-0 to take the following actions in MUR 7305: 1. Accept the conciliation agreement with Colorado Republican Committee and Richard Elsner in his official capacity as treasurer, as recommended in the Memorandum from the Acting General Counsel dated July 11, 2018. 2. Approve the appropriate letter. 3. Close the file.
The Commission failed by a vote of 2-2 to: a. Open a MUR in AR 17-05. b. Merge RR 17L-19 into the MUR. c. Find reason to believe that the Colorado Republican Committee and Marty Neilson, in her official capacity as treasurer, violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b)(2) and (4). d. Find reason to believe that the Colorado Republican Committee and Marty Neilson, in her official capacity as treasurer, violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(g)(1). e. Find reason to believe that the Colorado Republican Committee and Marty Neilson, in her official capacity as treasurer, violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b)(8). f. Find reason to believe that the Colorado Republican Committee and Marty Neilson, in her official capacity as treasurer, violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b)(2)(F). g. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated November 6, 2017. h. Authorize pre-probable cause conciliation with the Colorado Republican Committee and Marty Neilson in her official capacity as treasurer. i. Approve the proposed conciliation agreement, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated November 6, 2017. j. Approve the appropriate letters.
The Commission decided by a vote of 4-0 to: a. Open a MUR in RR 17L-19. b. Find reason to believe that the Colorado Republican Committee and Marty Neilson, in her official capacity as treasurer, violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b)(2)(F) by misstating financial activity. c. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated November 6, 2017, with edits to be made by the Office of General Counsel conforming it to the Commission’s findings and, specifically, to focus on the 2016 misstatement of financial activities. d. Authorize pre-probable cause conciliation with the Colorado Republican Committee and Marty Neilson in her official capacity as treasurer. e. Approve the proposed conciliation agreement, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated November 6, 2017, ... REDACTED .... f. Approve the appropriate letters.