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CLC Letter to the Portland Charter Commission in Support of Constitutionality of Foreign Influence Ban

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Date
June 27, 2022

Campaign Legal Center sent a letter to the Charter Commission of Portland, Maine, addressing the constitutionality of the commission’s proposed city charter amendment that would protect Portland elections from foreign influence.

CLC Files Complaint Against Snow Goose, LLC Straw Donor Scheme

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Date
June 22, 2022
Case
Preventing Wealthy Special Interests from Using Shell Companies to Keep Their Political Spending Secret

On June 22, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that unknown contributors violated the federal straw donor ban by making a $50,000 contribution to the super PAC Wyoming Values in the name of “Snow Goose, LLC," an obscure Wyoming limited liability company, thereby concealing the true contributors’ identities from public disclosure.

CLC Files Complaint Alleging Gun Manufacturer Daniel Defense Illegally Contributed $100,000 to Super PAC

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Date
June 9, 2022
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts

On June 9, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that gun manufacturer Daniel Defense, LLC, violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $100,000 to the Gun Owners Action Fund, a super PAC, while negotiating or performing under multiple federal contracts.

CLC Letter to Portland Charter Commission in Support of Foreign Influence Amendment

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Date
June 9, 2022

Campaign Legal Center sent a letter to the Charter Commission of Portland, Maine, in support of a city charter amendment that would protect Portland elections from foreign influence.

CLC Files Complaint Alleging Federal Contractor Made Illegal Super PAC Contributions

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Date
June 7, 2022
Case
Guarding Against Pay-to-Play in Federal Contracts

On June 7, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Medical Place, Inc., an Alabama-based medical equipment supplier, violated the federal contractor contribution ban by contributing $100,000 to Alabama Conservatives Fund, a super PAC exclusively supporting a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, while negotiating or performing under federal contracts.

CLC Files Complaint Alleging In-Kind Contribution Scheme by Protect Ohio Values PAC and JD Vance for Senate

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Date
June 6, 2022

On June 6, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Protect Ohio Values PAC, a super PAC, made illegal in-kind contributions to JD Vance for Senate, J.D. Vance’s campaign for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, in the form of polling data, voter targeting information and draft campaign communications that Protect Ohio Values provided, free of charge, to Vance’s campaign via an obscure website hidden from the general public. The complaint further alleges that the Vance’s campaign knowingly accepted these in-kind contributions and used the materials to further Vance’s candidacy, including by producing a campaign ad based on the Protect Ohio Values script.

CLC Files Complaint Against Free Market, LLC Straw Donor Scheme

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Date
June 2, 2022
Case
Preventing Wealthy Special Interests from Using Shell Companies to Keep Their Political Spending Secret

On June 2, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that unknown contributors violated the federal straw donor ban by making a $250,000 contribution to the super PAC Alabama Conservatives Fund in the name of “Free Market, LLC," an obscure Alabama limited liability company, thereby concealing the true contributors’ identities from public disclosure.

CLC Letter to New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu Urging Veto of S.B. 302

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May 27, 2022

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) sent a letter to New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu’s office urging him to veto Senate Bill 302, an anti-transparency bill that prohibits state and local authorities in New Hampshire from requiring nonprofit entities to disclose any information about their donors and supporters.

CLC IRS Complaint Against Rural America Fund

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Date
May 20, 2022

On May 20, 2022, CLC filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleging that Rural America Fund, a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt nonprofit, failed to fulfill its legal obligation to provide CLC with its Forms 990 upon request.

CLC Files Complaint Against Tread Standard, LLC Straw Donor Scheme

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Date
May 19, 2022
Case
Preventing Wealthy Special Interests from Using Shell Companies to Keep Their Political Spending Secret

On May 19, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that unknown contributors violated the federal straw donor ban by making contributions totaling $125,000 in the name of “Tread Standard, LLC," an obscure Delaware limited liability company, to two super PACs, 34N22, Inc. and South Florida Residents First, thereby concealing their identities from public disclosure.

CLC v. Heritage Action for America: United States District Court for the District of Columbia – Complaint

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Date
May 5, 2022
Case
CLC v. Heritage Action

On May 5, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed suit against Heritage Action for America, a secret money group that spent more than $300,000 expressly advocating for congressional candidates in 2018.  The suit alleges that Heritage Action failed to report its contributors as required by federal campaign finance law. 

CLC’s Kedric Payne Testifies Before U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

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May 3, 2022

Kedric Payne, Campaign Legal Center's (CLC) vice president, general counsel, and senior director, ethics, testified on the Supreme Court’s approach to ethics, transparency and accountability. His testimony focused on how the Supreme Court’s ethics rules lag behind the executive and legislative branches.

CLC Statement on Laws and Enforcement Governing the Political Activities of Tax Exempt Entities

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Date
May 2, 2022

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted this written statement for the record as part of a May 2022 hearing on "Laws and Enforcement Governing the Political Activities of Tax-Exempt Entities" conducted by the United States Senate Committee on Finance. CLC’s statement summarizes what more should be done to protect voters’ right to transparent political campaigns amidst ongoing misuse of federal nonprofit and tax code rules to hide the true sources of election spending.

CLC Files FEC Complaint Against ML Organization, LLC Straw Donor Scheme

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Date
May 2, 2022
Case
Preventing Wealthy Special Interests from Using Shell Companies to Keep Their Political Spending Secret

On May 2, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that William Pulte and/or unknown contributors violated the federal straw donor ban by making a $500,000 contribution in the name of “ML Organization, LLC," an obscure Delaware limited liability company, to “Make America Great Again, Again!”, a super PAC that is closely aligned with former President Donald J. Trump and intends to support Trump-endorsed candidates in the 2022 midterm congressional elections.

Gaspee Proj. v. Mederos - First Circuit Opinion

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Date
September 14, 2021
Case
Gaspee Project v. Mederos

Decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upholding the challenged Rhode Island disclosure laws. 

Gaspee v. Mederos - Brief of Respondents Mederos et al. in Opposition to Certiorari

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Date
March 7, 2022
Case
Gaspee Project v. Mederos

On March 7, 2022, the Rhode Island State Board of Elections Respondents filed a brief in the Supreme Court in opposition to a petition seeking review of the state’s top-five donor disclaimer requirement, which requires groups to disclose their top five largest contributors on certain electioneering ads. Along with the Rhode Island Office of Attorney General, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) served as outside co-counsel to the respondents in the Supreme Court.

CLC v. 45Committee, Inc.: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia—Complaint

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Date
April 22, 2022
Case
CLC v. 45Committee

On April 22, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed suit against 45Committee, a secret money group that spent as much as $38 million in 2016 to help elect former President Donald Trump. The suit alleges that 45Committee failed to register as a political committee as required by federal law, thereby avoiding disclosure of its donors and spending.  

CLC v. FEC (Delay Suit—45Committee): U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia — Order Authorizing CLC to Sue 45Committee, Inc. to Enforce FECA

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Date
April 21, 2022
Case
CLC v. FEC (Delay Suit--45Committee)
CLC v. 45Committee

On April 21, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia found that the Federal Election Commission failed to conform with the court’s Nov. 8, 2021 order directing the agency to end its delay in acting on CLC’s allegations against 45Committee, and accordingly, ordered that CLC may bring an action to enforce FECA against 45Committee. 

CLC Statement in Support of Proposed Oakland Democracy Dollars Program

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Date
April 11, 2022

On April 11, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a statement in support of the proposed Democracy Dollars program in Oakland to the Oakland Public Ethics Commission. The Democracy Dollars program would establish a voucher-based public financing system for several elected offices in Oakland, California.

FEC Issues Record-Breaking Civil Penalty in CLC Foreign National Contribution Ban Complaint

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Date
April 8, 2022

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) found reason to believe that Zekelman Industries, Inc., Wheatland Tube, LLC, and Barry Zekelman violated the foreign national contribution ban and issued a record-breaking $975,000 civil penalty. The decision follows a 2019 complaint filed by Campaign Legal Center (CLC.)

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