MUR #7577
ANDER PAC (TERMINATED)Summary
RESPONDENTS: Ander PAC (Terminated); Crenshaw, Ander; Ottenhoff, Benjamin
COMPLAINANTS: Campaign Legal Center; Christ, Margaret
SUBJECT: Personal use
DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to take the following actions in MUR 7577:
1. Accept the signed conciliation agreement with Ander Crenshaw, as recommended in
the Memorandum to the Commission dated August 31, 2021.
2. Approve the appropriate letters.
3. Close the file.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to:
a. Find reason to believe that Ander Crenshaw and Ander PAC and Benjamin Ottenhoff in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30114(b) by converting campaign funds to personal use.
b. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 20, 2020, subject to striking footnote 34.
c. Authorize compulsory process.
d. Direct the Office of General Counsel to conduct an investigation into potential additional personal use violations.
e. Approve the appropriate letters.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to:
a. Find reason to believe that Ander Crenshaw and Ander PAC and Benjamin Ottenhoff in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30114(b) by converting campaign funds to personal use.
b. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 20, 2020, subject to the deletion of footnote 34.
c. Approve the Conciliation Agreement, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 20, 2020 . . . REDACTED . . . .
d. Approve the appropriate letters.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to:
a. Find reason to believe that Ander Crenshaw and Ander PAC and Benjamin Ottenhoff in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30114(b) by converting campaign funds to personal use.
b. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 20, 2020.
c. Approve the Conciliation Agreement, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 20, 2020.
d. Approve the appropriate letters.
The Commission decided by a vote of 4-2 to:
a. Find reason to believe that Ander Crenshaw and Ander PAC and Benjamin Ottenhoff in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30114(b) by converting campaign funds to personal use.
b. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 20, 2020, subject to striking footnote 34.
c. Approve the Conciliation Agreement, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 20, 2020.
d. Approve the appropriate letters.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
---|---|---|---|
Conciliation-PPC | Ottenhoff, Benjamin | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | |
Ander PAC (Terminated) | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) | ||
Crenshaw, Ander | 52 U.S.C. §30114(b) |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
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Primary respondent | Ander PAC (Terminated) |
Previous respondent | Crenshaw, Ander |
Ottenhoff, Benjamin | |
Complainant | Campaign Legal Center |
Christ, Margaret |