MUR #7670
HICKENLOOPER FOR COLORADOSummary
RESPONDENTS: Hickenlooper for Colorado; Donner, Stephanie; Giddy Up PAC; Hickenlooper 2020; Hickenlooper for Colorado (State Committee); O'Leary, Blanca Uzeta; Putnam Partners, LLC; Turnage, Mark
COMPLAINANTS: Arnold, Kendra; Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT)
SUBJECT: Committees-Candidate; Contributions-Prohibited; Contributions-Excessive; Reporting; Soft Money
DISPOSITION: The Commission failed by a vote of 2-4 to:
Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated August 15, 2022.
The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to:
a. Dismiss the allegation that Hickenlooper for Colorado and Mark Turnage in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116(f) or 30118(a) by knowingly accepting an excessive or prohibited in-kind contribution.
b. Dismiss the allegation that Hickenlooper for Colorado and Mark Turnage in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b) by failing to disclose an in-kind contribution.
c. Dismiss the allegation that Putnam Partners, LLC, violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116(a) or 30118(a) by making an excessive or prohibited in-kind contribution.
d. Dismiss the allegation that Hickenlooper for Colorado (State Committee) violated
11 C.F.R. § 110.3(d) by making an impermissible transfer of an asset to a federal committee.
e. Dismiss the allegation that Hickenlooper for Colorado and Mark Turnage in his official capacity as treasurer violated 11 C.F.R. § 110.3(d) by receiving an impermissible transfer of a state committee’s asset.
f. Find no reason to believe that Hickenlooper 2020 and Blanca Uzeta O’Leary in her official capacity as treasurer and Giddy Up PAC and Stephanie Donner in her official capacity as treasurer violated the Act in connection with the allegations in this matter.
g. Close the file.
h. Approve the appropriate letters.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
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Dismissed-Other | Putnam Partners, LLC |
52
U.S.C.
§30116(a) or
52 U.S.C. §30118(a) |
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Turnage, Mark |
52
U.S.C.
§30104(b)
52 U.S.C. §30116(f) or 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) 11 CFR 110.3(d) |
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Hickenlooper 2020 | |||
Hickenlooper for Colorado (State Committee) | 11 CFR 110.3(d) | ||
No RTB | Hickenlooper 2020 | ||
Donner, Stephanie | |||
Giddy Up PAC | |||
O'Leary, Blanca Uzeta |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
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Primary respondent | Hickenlooper for Colorado |
Previous respondent | Donner, Stephanie |
Giddy Up PAC | |
Hickenlooper 2020 | |
Hickenlooper for Colorado (State Committee) | |
O'Leary, Blanca Uzeta | |
Putnam Partners, LLC | |
Turnage, Mark | |
Complainant | Arnold, Kendra |
Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) | |
Respondent's counsel | Elias Law Group LLP |
Elias, Marc E. |