Week of March 31 – April 4, 2025
Commission meetings and hearings
No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.
Enforcement
The Commission made public three closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Search System.
COMPLAINANT: Campaign Legal Center
RESPONDENTS: Tread Standard, LLC (Tread Standard); 34N22, Inc., and Charles Gantt, in his official capacity as treasurer (34N22); South Florida Residents First and Paul Kilgore, in his official capacity as treasurer (South Florida Residents First); and Stuart Miller
SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that Tread Standard made a $100,000 contribution on behalf of one or more other persons on March 30, 2022, to 34N22, an independent expenditure-only political committee, and made a $25,000 contribution also on behalf of one or more other persons on November 3, 2020, to South Florida Residents First, another independent expenditure-only committee. The complaint based the allegations on the lack of any apparent activity by Tread Standard other than the making of state and federal contributions, as well as the fact that it was a respondent in a prior matter that also alleged conduit activity.
DISPOSITION: On February 27, 2024, the Commission found reason to believe that 34N22 and South Florida Residents First failed to report attribution information, and that Tread Standard failed to provide attribution information. On March 5, 2025, the Commission voted to take no further action with respect to 34N22 and entered into conciliation agreements with Tread Standard and South Florida Residents First, providing for both respondents to cease and desist from further violations and for 1) Tread Standard to provide required attribution information to South Florida Residents First in connection with its November 3, 2020, contribution of $25,000; and 2) South Florida Residents First to amend its reports to correct report attribution information with respect to Tread Standard’s contribution. The Commission noted that it did not seek civil penalties in this matter, but that it reserves the right to seek a monetary penalty in future matters concerning this violation. Commissioners Shana M. Broussard, Allen J. Dickerson, Dara Lindenbaum, and James E. “Trey” Trainor, III issued a Statement of Reasons and a Supplemental Statement of Reasons.
COMPLAINANT: Tonya Wingfield
RESPONDENTS: Angela D. Alsobrooks; Alsobrooks for Senate and Jay Petterson, in his official capacity as treasurer (the Committee); and Prince George’s County, Maryland
SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that Alsobrooks, a 2024 candidate for U.S. Senate from Maryland, and the Committee violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act), by accepting excessive and prohibited in-kind contributions from Prince George’s County, Maryland and that the County violated the Act by making such contributions. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Alsobrooks, who at the time of the alleged violations held office as County Executive for Prince George’s County, used public funds to air a cable television and social media advertisement that promoted her character, qualifications, and fitness for office for the purpose of influencing her election for U.S. Senate. The complaint alleged that the ad was a coordinated communication and thus an excessive in-kind contribution that violated the Act’s contribution limitations and prohibition on corporate contributions.
DISPOSITION: The Commission dismissed the allegations.
COMPLAINANT: Tiffany Muller, End Citizens United
RESPONDENTS: Team Kennedy and Ellie Cox, in her official capacity as treasurer (Team Kennedy); IMPG Advocates, Inc. (IMPG); and Paul A. Rossi
SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that Team Kennedy, the principal campaign committee of 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., violated the Act by knowingly accepting and failing to report excessive and/or prohibited corporate in-kind contributions in the form of unpaid legal and communication services from Rossi and IMPG, or else, if these services were not in-kind contributions, by failing to report the debt incurred by not paying for those services.
DISPOSITION: The Commission exercised its prosecutorial discretion and dismissed the complaint.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The Commission made public one closed case, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Search System.
COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated
RESPONDENT: Catherine Cortez Masto for Senate and Lili Snyder, in official capacity as treasurer (the Committee)
SUBJECT: In the normal course of exercising its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings to determine whether there was reason to believe the Committee failed to remedy excessive 2022 primary and general election contributions, totaling $38,496.72, within the permissible timeframe.
DISPOSITION: The Committee agreed to 1) develop and certify the implementation and distribution of a policy document to be provided to the Committee’s external compliance vendor detailing the Committee’s procedures for identifying and remedying excessive contributions to ensure timely and accurate reporting, and 2) pay a civil penalty of $2,900.
Litigation
CREW v. FEC (Case No. 22-0035) On April 4, the Commission published an Amended Vote Certification.
Democratic National Committee, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al. (Case No. 25-587) On April 1, Plaintiffs filed a Reply in Support of the Motion for Preliminary Injunction; on April 2, Plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss; and on April 3, Campaign Legal Center filed an Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Brief of Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs and a Brief of Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Outreach
On April 2, the Commission hosted a FECFile webinar for candidate committees.
Upcoming Commission meetings and hearings
April 29-30, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.
April 30, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.
May 20, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.
May 22, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.
Upcoming educational opportunities
April 8-9, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for trade associations and their PACs.
April 29-30, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for political party committees.
May 20-21, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for candidate committees.
For more information on upcoming training opportunities, see the Commission’s Trainings page.
Upcoming reporting due dates
April 15: April Quarterly Reports are due. For more information, see the 2025 Quarterly Reporting schedule.
April 20: April 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.
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