MUR #7879

RESPONDENTS: NRA Victory Fund, Inc. (NRA-VF) (IE Committee); Majors, Christina M.

COMPLAINANTS: Damaskos, Allison; Giffords; Campaign Legal Center Action; Fischer (CLC), Brendan M.; Campaign Legal Center (1)

SUBJECT: Committees-PAC; Reporting

DISPOSITION: The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to: a. Find reason to believe that NRA Victory Fund, Inc., and Christina M. Majors in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b)(3)(A) and 11 C.F.R. § 104.3(a)(4) by failing to report employer and occupation information for individual contributors. b. Direct the Office of General Counsel to transfer the matter to the Alternative Dispute Resolution Office. c. Send the appropriate letters.
The Commission failed by a vote of 2-4 to: a. Dismiss as a matter of prosecutorial discretion the allegations that NRA Victory Fund, Inc., and Christina M. Majors in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b)(3)(A) and 11 C.F.R. § 104.3(a)(4) by failing to report employer and occupation information for individual contributors and send a letter of caution to the Committee. b. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated February 1, 2022, subject to the edits as last circulated by Commissioner Cooksey’s Office on June 16, 2022 at 3:44 pm. c. Approve the appropriate letters. d. Close the file.
The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to: a. Close the file. b. Issue appropriate letters.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to: 1. Find reason to believe that NRA Victory Fund, Inc., and Christina M. Majors in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b)(3)(A) and 11 C.F.R. § 104.3(a)(4) by failing to report employer and occupation information for individual contributors. 2. Direct the Office of General Counsel to draft a Factual and Legal Analysis consistent with this finding. 3. Authorize the Office of General Counsel to enter into pre-probable cause conciliation with NRA Victory Fund, Inc., and Christina M. Majors in her official capacity as treasurer. 4. Direct the Office of General Counsel to draft a conciliation agreement. 5. Approve the appropriate letters.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to: 1. Dismiss as a matter of prosecutorial discretion the allegations that NRA Victory Fund, Inc., and Christina M. Majors in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b)(3)(A) and 11 C.F.R. § 104.3(a)(4) by failing to report employer and occupation information for individual contributors. 2. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated February 1, 2022, subject to the edits circulated by Commissioner Cooksey’s Office on June 16, 2022 at 3:44 p.m. 3. Approve the appropriate letters. 4. Close the file.