MUR #7713
Thomas R. MillsSummary
RESPONDENTS: Mills, Thomas R.; Sommers, Larry; Tom Mills Committee to Elect Tom Mills as Commissioner
COMPLAINANT: Koutzen, Myra
SUBJECT: Foreign Nationals
DISPOSITION: The Commission decided . . . REDACTED . . . by unanimous consent to:
1. Return MUR 7713 to the agenda and consider it in closed session pursuant to 11 C.F.R. § 2.4(a)(1).
2. That it determine, pursuant to 11 C.F.R. § 2.7(d)(1), that Commission business so requires and no earlier announcement of the change was possible.
3. That it rescind that portion of its tally vote in MUR 7713 approving an admonishment to Thomas R. Mills, personally, on the grounds that the respondent is deceased.
4. Direct the Office of General Counsel to make appropriate amendments to the previously-approved Factual and Legal Analysis to reflect the lack of an admonishment to Mr. Mills, personally.
The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to take the following actions in MUR
7713:
1. Dismiss the allegation that Thomas R. Mills, Tom Mills Committee to Elect Tom
Mills as Commissioner, and Larry Sommers violated 52 U.S.C. § 30121.
2. Admonish Thomas R. Mills, Tom Mills Committee to Elect Tom Mills as
Commissioner, and Larry Sommers against future violations of 52 U.S.C. § 30121.
3. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General
Counsel’s Report dated October 16, 2020, subject to the edits circulated by the
Offices of Commissioners Broussard and Weintraub on July 7, 2021 at 4:41 p.m.
and the edits circulated by the Offices of Commissioners Cooksey, Dickerson,
and Trainor on July 20, 2021 at 6:57 a.m.
4. Approve the appropriate letters.
5. Close the file as to all Respondents.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
---|---|---|---|
Dismissed-Other | Mills, Thomas R. | 52 U.S.C. §30121 | |
Sommers, Larry | 52 U.S.C. §30121 | ||
Tom Mills Committee to Elect Tom Mills as Commissioner | 52 U.S.C. §30121 |
Documents
Type | Date | Document |
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Complaint, Responses, Designation of Counsel and Extensions of Time | 03/31/2020 | Response from Larry J. Sommers 642 KB |
03/15/2020 | Response from Thomas R. Mills 5 MB | |
03/09/2020 | Notification of Complaint to Tom Mills Committee to Elect Tom Mills as Commissioner 812 KB | |
03/09/2020 | Notification of Complaint to Larry Sommers 836 KB | |
03/09/2020 | Notification of Complaint to Thomas R. Mills 792 KB | |
02/15/2020 | Complaint 2 MB | |
General Counsel Reports, Briefs, Notifications and Responses | 08/17/2021 | Notification with Factual and Legal Analysis to Thomas R. Mills 774 KB |
08/17/2021 | Notification to Myra Koutzen 771 KB | |
10/16/2020 | First General Counsel's Report 834 KB | |
Certifications | 07/29/2021 | Thomas R. Mills; Tom Mills Committee to Elect Tom Mills as Commissioner; Larry Sommers 653 KB |
07/23/2021 | Thomas R. Mills; Tom Mills Committee to Elect Tom Mills as Commissioner; Larry Sommers 698 KB |
Participants
Relationship | Name |
---|---|
Primary respondent | Mills, Thomas R. |
Previous respondent | Sommers, Larry |
Tom Mills Committee to Elect Tom Mills as Commissioner | |
Complainant | Koutzen, Myra |