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MUR
5372 |
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RESPONDENTS: |
Campbell for Senate, Charles P. Zahl, treasurer |
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COMPLAINANTS: |
Internal |
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SUBJECT: |
Excessive contributions; personal use of campaign funds;
failure to file accurate reports; |
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DISPOSITION: |
Conciliation Agreement: $79,000 civil penalty Campbell
for Senate and Charles P. Zahl violated the Act by accepting excessive
contributions; excessive contributions not exceeding a total of $104,434
will be refunded. Campaign funds were used to pay for two items for the
benefit of the treasurer, which were later reimbursed by the treasurer.
Finally, the respondents violated the Act by failing to correctly
itemize transferred contributions as memo entries and failing to
correctly disclose the financial activity on its accounts. |
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DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
Documents from this matter are available from the
Commission?s web site at
fec.gov by entering 5372 under case number. They are also
available in the FECs Public Records Office at 999 E St. NW in
Washington. |
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| 2. |
MUR
5382 |
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RESPONDENTS: |
South Carolina Republican Party, Glen O''''Connell,
treasurer |
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COMPLAINANTS: |
Internal |
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SUBJECT: |
Use of nonfederal funds to pay for federal expenditures
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DISPOSITION: |
Conciliation Agreement: $60,000 civil penalty
Respondents violated the Act by using nonfederal accounts to pay for a
portion of federal expenditures and to pay for allocable expenses: the
nonfederal account overfunded the federal account by $108,839.
Respondents additionally failed to provide documentation to support
their reported allocation of $249,751 in payments to the Altus Group. |
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DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
Documents from this matter are available from the
Commission?s web site at
fec.gov by entering 5382 under case number. They are also
available in the FECs Public Records Office at 999 E St. NW in
Washington. |
| 3. |
MUR
5014 |
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RESPONDENTS: |
(a) Jeffry Flake (b) Jeff Flake for Congress, Jack
Gibson, treasurer
(c) Ira Fulton
(d) Arizona School Choice Administration Corporation
(e) Arizona School Choice Trust, Inc., Tom Patterson, Chairman |
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COMPLAINANTS: |
Marty Harper, General Counsel, Arizona Democratic Party |
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SUBJECT: |
Corporate contributions; contributions in the name of
another, excessive contributions |
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DISPOSITION: |
(a) Take no further action [re: corporate contributions,
contributions in the name of another] (b) Take no further action [re:
corporate contributions, contributions in the name of another]
(c) Take no further action [re: excessive contributions,
contributions in the name of another]
(d) Take no further action [re: corporate contributions,
contributions in the name of another]
(e) No reason to believe [re: any provision]
The complaint alleged that Jeffry Flake entered into a sham
arrangement with Arizona School Choice Trust, Inc. (ASCT), whereby
donations made by individuals and corporations to ASCT were used to
cover Flake''''s salary while he campaigned for election. However, the
evidence from the investigation indicated that Flake entered into a
bona fide consulting agreement independent of his candidacy with the
Arizona School Choice Administration Corporation, a nonprofit
corporation affiliated with ASCT. Flake''''s salary was exclusively in
consideration for his services and was commensurate with what similarly
qualified persons earned over the same period of time. |
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DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
Documents from this matter are available from the
Commission?s web site at
fec.gov by entering 5014 under case number. They are also
available in the FECs Public Records Office at 999 E St. NW in
Washington. |
