Week of February 3 – 7, 2025
Commission meetings and hearings
No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.
Enforcement
The Commission made public four closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Search System.
COMPLAINANT: Samuel Manley
RESPONDENTS: William Timmons for Congress and Lisa Lisker, in her official capacity as treasurer (the Committee); and William Timmons
SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that the Committee, the principal campaign committee of Congressman William Timmons, a 2024 candidate for South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District, sent public communications in the form of text messages without required disclaimers.
DISPOSITION: The Commission exercised its prosecutorial discretion and dismissed the matter.
COMPLAINANT: Helene Manas
RESPONDENTS: Anthony D’Esposito; D’Esposito for New York and Claudia Armendinger, in her official capacity as treasurer (Federal Committee); and Citizens for D’Esposito (State Committee)
SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that D’Esposito, a candidate for New York’s 4th Congressional District in 2022 and 2024, his principal campaign committee (the Federal Committee), and his committee from when he previously ran for state office in New York (the State Committee), violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act) when the State Committee paid for utility bills, office rent and supplies, meals, and periodical subscriptions on behalf of the Federal Committee during the 2022 and 2024 election cycles. The complaint alleged that because D’Esposito was not a state candidate when the expenses were made, they were to benefit his federal candidacy.
DISPOSITION: The Commission exercised its prosecutorial discretion and dismissed the matter.
COMPLAINANT: Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust
RESPONDENTS: GWEN PAC and Brenda Moore, in her official capacity as treasurer (GWEN PAC); and Gwen Moore
SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that U.S. Representative Gwen Moore and her leadership PAC (GWEN PAC), violated the Act by being a “scam PAC,” because it spent the overwhelming majority of its funds on operating expenses rather than on supporting candidates and causes.
DISPOSITION: The Commission voted to dismiss the matter.
COMPLAINANT: Jason Kaar
RESPONDENT: ActBlue and George Gilmer, in his official capacity as treasurer (ActBlue)
SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that ActBlue charged the complainant’s credit card for a $1 contribution to Harris for President without his authorization after Joe Biden, to whom the complainant had been making recurring contributions, withdrew from the 2024 presidential race and Kamala Harris was heading the campaign.
DISPOSITION: The Commission exercised its prosecutorial discretion and dismissed the matter.
Upcoming Commission meetings and hearings
February 11 and 13, 2025: The Commission voted to cancel the executive session.
February 13, 2025: The Commission voted to cancel the open meeting.
February 25, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.
February 27, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.
Upcoming educational opportunities
March 11-12, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for corporations and their PACs.
March 25-26, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for membership and labor organizations and their PACs.
April 8-9, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for trade associations and their PACs.
For more information on upcoming training opportunities, see the Commission’s Trainings page.
Upcoming reporting due dates
February 20: February Monthly Reports are due. For more information, see the 2025 Monthly Reporting schedule.
Additional research materials
Contribution Limits. In addition to the current limits, the Commission has posted an archive of contribution limits that were in effect going back to the 1975-1976 election cycles.
Federal election results are available. The data was compiled from the official vote totals published by state election offices.
FEC Notify: Want to be notified by email when campaign finance reports are received by the agency? Sign up here.
The Combined Federal State Disclosure and Election Directory is available. This publication identifies the federal and state agencies responsible for the disclosure of campaign finances, lobbying, personal finances, public financing, candidates on the ballot, election results, spending on state initiatives and other financial filings.
The Presidential Election Campaign Fund Tax Checkoff Chart provides information on balance of the Fund, monthly deposits into the Fund reported by the Department of the Treasury, payments from the Fund as certified by the FEC, and participation rates of taxpayers as reported by the Internal Revenue Service. For more information on the Presidential Public Funding Program, see the Public Funding of Presidential Elections page.
The FEC Record is available as a continuously updated online news source.
Other election-related resources
Videos on protecting U.S. elections. The FBI’s Protected Voices initiative provides videos designed to help political campaigns protect themselves from foreign influence. The 2019 videos offer guidance on ransomware, business email compromise, supply chain, social media literacy, and foreign influence operations. Other videos, released in 2018, include cyber hygiene topics such as social engineering, patching, router hardening, and app and browser safety.
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