MUR #7647
DNC SERVICES CORP/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEESummary
RESPONDENTS: DNC Services Corp / Democratic National Committee; Chalupa & Associates LLC; Chalupa, Alexandra; McGregor, Virginia
COMPLAINANT: Committee to Defend the President
SUBJECT: Foreign Nationals
DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 5-1 to: 1. Find no reason to believe that the Democratic National Committee and Virginia McGregor in her official capacity as treasurer, Alexandra Chalupa, and Chalupa & Associates, LLC, violated 52 U.S.C. § 30121(a)(2) and 11 C.F.R. § 110.20(g) by soliciting, accepting, or receiving prohibited foreign national contributions with respect to the allegations concerning opposition research and the alleged request to make a comment to the press. 2. Exercise the Commission’s prosecutorial discretion to dismiss the allegations that the Democratic National Committee and Virginia McGregor in her official capacity as treasurer, Alexandra Chalupa, and Chalupa & Associates, LLC, violated 52 U.S.C. § 30121(a)(2) and 11 C.F.R. § 110.20(g) by soliciting, accepting, or receiving prohibited foreign national contributions with respect to the allegation that there was a request that Ukrainian officials ask a member of Congress to initiate hearings on Paul Manafort. 3. Approve the Factual and Legal Analyses, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated June 30, 2021, subject to the edits last circulated by Commissioner Weintraub’s Office on August 9, 2021 at 11:56 a.m. 4. Approve the appropriate letters. 5. Close the file.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
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Dismiss pursuant to prosecutorial discretion | Chalupa & Associates LLC |
52
U.S.C.
§30121(a)(2)
11 CFR 110.20(g) |
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DNC Services Corp / Democratic National Committee |
52
U.S.C.
§30121(a)(2)
11 CFR 110.20(g) |
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Chalupa, Alexandra |
52
U.S.C.
§30121(a)(2)
11 CFR 110.20(g) |
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McGregor, Virginia |
52
U.S.C.
§30121(a)(2)
11 CFR 110.20(g) |
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No RTB | Chalupa, Alexandra |
52
U.S.C.
§30121(a)(2)
11 CFR 110.20(g) |
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McGregor, Virginia |
52
U.S.C.
§30121(a)(2)
11 CFR 110.20(g) |
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Chalupa & Associates LLC |
52
U.S.C.
§30121(a)(2)
11 CFR 110.20(g) |
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DNC Services Corp / Democratic National Committee |
52
U.S.C.
§30121(a)(2)
11 CFR 110.20(g) |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
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Primary respondent | DNC Services Corp / Democratic National Committee |
Previous respondent | Chalupa & Associates LLC |
Chalupa, Alexandra | |
McGregor, Virginia | |
Complainant | Committee to Defend the President |
Respondent's counsel | Elias, Marc E. |
Sandler, Reiff, Lamb, Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C. |