MUR #7672
JONI FOR IOWASummary
RESPONDENTS: Joni for Iowa; Ernst, Joni; Hobbs, Cabell; Iowa Values - 501(c)(4); Jobs, Opportunity and New Ideas PAC
COMPLAINANTS: Stevens, Daniel; Campaign for Accountability
SUBJECT: Committees; Contributions; Expenditures; Non-federal; Reporting; Solicitation
DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 4-1 to close the file and send the appropriate letters, as recommended in the Memorandum from Chairman Dickerson dated August 29, 2022.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to take the following actions in MURs 7672, 7674, and 7732:
1. Close the file.
2. Issue appropriate letters.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to close the file in MURs 7672, 7674 and 7732.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to:
a. Find reason to believe that Iowa Values violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30102, 30103, and 30104, by failing to organize, register, and report as a political committee.
b. Find reason to believe that Iowa Values violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b), (c) or (g) by failing to file independent expenditure reports.
c. Find reason to believe that Iowa Values violated 52 U.S.C. § 30118(a) by making a prohibited in-kind corporate contribution to Joni for Iowa through the republication of campaign materials.
d. Find reason to believe that Senator Joni Ernst and Joni for Iowa and Cabell Hobbs in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30125(e)(1)(A) by soliciting nonfederal funds.
e. Take no action at this time that Jobs Opportunity and New Ideas PAC and Cabell Hobbs as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30125 by soliciting nonfederal funds.
f. Dismiss as a matter of prosecutorial discretion the allegation that Joni for Iowa and Cabell Hobbs in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b)(5) by failing to itemize disbursements.
g. Take no action at this time that Iowa Values made prohibited contributions in violation of 52 U.S.C. § 30118 through coordinated communications.
h. Take no action at this time that Senator Joni Ernst and Joni for Iowa and Cabell Hobbs in his official capacity as treasurer accepted prohibited contributions in violation of 52 U.S.C. § 30118 through republished and coordinated communications.
i. Approve the Factual and Legal Analyses, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated September 25, 2020.
j. Authorize compulsory process.
k. Approve the appropriate letters.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
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Dismissed-Other | Iowa Values - 501(c)(4) |
52
U.S.C.
§30102
52 U.S.C. §30103 52 U.S.C. §30104 52 U.S.C. §30104(b), (c), or (g) 52 U.S.C. §30118 |
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Hobbs, Cabell |
52
U.S.C.
§30118
52 U.S.C. §30125 52 U.S.C. §30125(e)(1)(A) |
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Ernst, Joni |
52
U.S.C.
§30118
52 U.S.C. §30125(e)(1)(A) |
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Jobs, Opportunity and New Ideas PAC | 52 U.S.C. §30125 | ||
Joni for Iowa |
52
U.S.C.
§30118
52 U.S.C. §30125(e)(1)(A) |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
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Primary respondent | Joni for Iowa |
Previous respondent | Ernst, Joni |
Hobbs, Cabell | |
Iowa Values - 501(c)(4) | |
Jobs, Opportunity and New Ideas PAC | |
Complainant | Campaign for Accountability |
Stevens, Daniel | |
Respondent's counsel | Jacobs, Ronald M. |
Venable LLP |