The Lacuna Project

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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-5.10: The D.C. Circuit held on 21 August 2020 that 11 CFR 109.10(e)(1)(vi), which limited disclosure of donors to independent expenditures to donations earmarked for a specific expenditure, conflicts with the statute. In Van Hollen v. FEC the district court held 11 CFR 104.20(c)(9), a purpose-based limit on electioneering-communication donor disclosure, contrary to the statute in 2012 and 2014, and the D.C. Circuit reversed on 18 September 2012 and 21 January 2016 and upheld the regulation.
  • POL-5.11: The FEC ended enforcement matters against groups on both sides without finding violations. It split 3 to 3 in MUR 6396 and MUR 6696 (Crossroads GPS) and MUR 6589 (American Action Network); in MUR 7904 (Wyss, Berger Action Fund, Wyss Foundation, New Venture Fund and Sixteen Thirty Fund) it voted 6 to 0 to dismiss the political-committee allegations and split 3 to 3 and 2 to 4 on the foreign-national and name-of-another allegations.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 900 3 August 2018. U.S. District Court for D.C. (Chief Judge Howell): CREW v. FEC (Crossroads GPS intervenor), No. 16-259 (BAH), Memorandum Opinion, 316 F.Supp.3d 349
  • Exhibit 901 21 August 2020. U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. FEC, No. 18-5261, 971 F.3d 340
  • Exhibit 903 certifications 17 December 2015 and 28 August 2018. Federal Election Commission: MUR 6696, Crossroads GPS (complainant CREW)
  • Exhibit 904 statement of reasons 19 October 2016. Federal Election Commission: MUR 6589, American Action Network (complainant CREW)
  • Exhibit 905 20 March 2018 decision. Federal Election Commission: FEC Record: CREW v. FEC (16-2255 / 18-5136), American Action Network