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Federal Election Commission | United States of America

MUR #7870

Google LLC

Summary

RESPONDENTS: Google LLC; Harris for President; Wise, Andrea

COMPLAINANT: McDonald, Tony K.

SUBJECT: Committees-Presidential; Contributions-Prohibited; Contributions-Corporations

DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by the vote of 4-2 to: a. Find no reason to believe that Google LLC violated 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) and 11 C.F.R. § 114.2(b) by making prohibited in-kind contributions. b. Find no reason to believe that Biden for President and Andrea Wise in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30118(a) and 11 C.F.R. § 114.2(d) by knowingly accepting or receiving prohibited in-kind corporate contributions. c. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated February 15, 2022, subject to the edits last circulated by the Democratic Commissioners’ Offices on March 21, 2022 at 5:19 p.m. d. Approve the appropriate letters. e. Close the file.
The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to: Reconsider motion #1.
The Commission decided by a vote of 5-1 to: a. Find no reason to believe that Google LLC violated 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) and 11 C.F.R. § 114.2(b) by making prohibited in-kind contributions. b. Find no reason to believe that Biden for President and Andrea Wise in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30118(a) and 11 C.F.R. § 114.2(d) by knowingly accepting or receiving prohibited in-kind corporate contributions. c. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated February 15, 2022, subject to the edits last circulated by the Democratic Commissioners’ Offices on March 21, 2022 at 5:19 p.m. d. Approve the appropriate letters. e. Close the file.

Disposition

Disposition Penalty Respondent Citation
No Reason to Believe Google LLC 52 U.S.C. §30118(a)
11 CFR 114.2(b)
Wise, Andrea 52 U.S.C. §30118(a)
11 CFR 114.2(d)
Harris for President 52 U.S.C. §30118(a)
11 CFR 114.2(d)

Documents

Type Date Document
Complaint, Responses, Designation of Counsel and Extensions of Time 03/26/2021 Response from Google LLC 815 KB
03/01/2021 Response from Biden for President 759 KB
02/12/2021 Grant of Extension of Time to Google LLC 724 KB
02/12/2021 Designation of Counsel and Request for Extension of Time from Google LLC 999 KB
01/21/2021 Grant of Extension of Time to Biden for President and Maju Varghese, treasurer 724 KB
01/20/2021 Designation of Counsel and Request for Extension of Time from Biden for President 850 KB
01/14/2021 Notification of Complaint to Biden for President and Maju Varghese in his official capacity as treasurer 634 KB
01/14/2021 Notification of Complaint to Google North America, Inc. 687 KB
01/12/2021 Complaint 4 MB
General Counsel Reports, Briefs, Notifications and Responses 03/28/2022 Notification with Factual and Legal Analysis to Google LLC 793 KB
03/28/2022 Notification to Tony McDonald 811 KB
03/28/2022 Notification with Factual and Legal Analysis to Biden for President and Andrea Wise in her official capacity as treasurer 787 KB
02/15/2022 First General Counsel's Report 932 KB
Certifications 03/22/2022 Google LLC; Biden for President and Andrea Wise in her official capacity as treasurer 730 KB

Participants

Relationship Name
Primary respondent Google LLC
Previous respondent Harris for President
Wise, Andrea
Complainant McDonald, Tony K.
Respondent's counsel Wiley Rein LLP (1)
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