{"id":8069,"date":"2021-05-21T08:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T12:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/fec-complaint-filed-against-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-for-illegal-soft-money-solicitation-for-super-pac\/"},"modified":"2021-05-21T08:30:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T12:30:35","slug":"fec-complaint-filed-against-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-for-illegal-soft-money-solicitation-for-super-pac","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ar\/press\/fec-complaint-filed-against-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-for-illegal-soft-money-solicitation-for-super-pac\/","title":{"rendered":"FEC Complaint Filed Against\u00a0Rep. 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Marjorie Taylor Greene\u00a0(R-GA) violated the\u00a0\u2018soft money\u2019 ban in the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)\u00a0by soliciting\u00a0unlimited\u00a0contributions\u00a0for a super PAC raising\u00a0money\u00a0for\u00a0use in\u00a0the Georgia Senate runoff elections.\u00a0The\u00a0allegations,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/marjorie-taylor-greene-appeared-in-a-super-pac-ad-asking-for-money-that-might-break-the-rules\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">first published by\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u0628\u0631\u0648\u0628\u0627\u0628\u0644\u064a\u0643\u0627<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, stem from a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rS9y4RgV7MU\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">fundraising\u00a0video<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0that\u00a0Rep. Greene\u00a0recorded\u00a0for\u00a0the Stop Socialism NOW PAC,\u00a0soliciting\u00a0contributions to defeat candidates\u00a0Rafael Warnock and\u00a0Jon\u00a0Ossoff\u00a0in\u00a0Georgia\u2019s\u00a0January\u00a0Senate\u00a0runoffs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Under\u00a0federal\u00a0campaign finance law,\u00a0super PACs\u00a0are allowed\u00a0to\u00a0raise and spend unlimited\u00a0individual, corporate and labor union funds. But\u00a0federal\u00a0candidates and\u00a0officeholders\u00a0may\u00a0not\u00a0\u201csolicit\u202f\u2026\u202ffunds in connection with an election for Federal office\u202f\u2026\u202funless the funds are subject to\u202fthe limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements\u201d of FECA.\u00a0A federal candidate or officeholder\u00a0must limit any solicitation for a super PAC to\u00a0no\u00a0more\u00a0than $5,000\u00a0from an individual donor, and no corporate or union funds.\u00a0Rep. Greene\u2019s solicitation\u00a0was\u00a0not limited as required.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cCandidate contribution and solicitation limits\u00a0are a vital bulwark\u00a0against\u00a0deep-pocketed individuals and\u00a0special interests\u00a0attempting to buy\u00a0influence\u00a0and drown out the voices of\u00a0the American people,\u201d\u00a0said Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause.\u00a0\u201cThe United States Supreme Court has been very clear in upholding candidate contribution limits and prohibitions on candidates soliciting funds\u00a0outside\u00a0those limits because such contributions lead to corruption\u00a0and undermine the faith of Americans in the political process.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The complaint\u00a0cites\u00a0the High Court ruling in\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u0645\u0627\u0643\u0648\u0646\u064a\u0644 \u0636\u062f \u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0627\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0641\u064a\u062f\u0631\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0upholding the\u00a0\u2018soft money\u2019 ban\u00a0and explaining\u00a0that \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">restrictions on solicitations are justified as valid anticircumvention measures. Large soft-money donations at a candidate\u2019s or officeholder\u2019s behest give rise to all of the same corruption concerns posed by contributions made directly to the candidate or officeholder.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the one-minute\u00a0fundraising\u00a0video, Rep. Greene\u2019s commentary runs for 47 seconds,\u00a0criticizing\u00a0Ossoff\u00a0and Warnock and concluding: \u201cStop Socialism Now PAC will stop\u00a0Ossoff\u00a0and Warnock from stealing our Senate seats. It\u2019s time to fight back now, before it\u2019s too late.\u201d\u00a0Her appearance is followed immediately by\u00a0a voiceover urging\u00a0viewers to \u201cMake a contribution\u00a0today to Stop Socialism Now PAC, because if Democrats win in Georgia, it\u2019s all over for America,\u201d while\u00a0text\u00a0on-screen urges viewers to \u201cDONATE NOW\u201d and directs them to\u00a0the\u00a0\u201cdonate\u201d\u00a0page for the PAC which is able to accept\u00a0unlimited\u00a0contributions.\u00a0\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">&quot;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This\u00a0videotaped solicitation for a super PAC\u00a0clearly violates\u00a0the soft money ban,\u201d said Paul S. Ryan, Common Cause Vice President for Policy and Litigation.\u00a0\u201cIf candidates\u00a0and officeholders can get away with this type of\u00a0super PAC fundraising video,\u00a0the soft-money ban\u00a0will be\u00a0virtually meaningless.\u00a0The FEC needs to enforce the law and shut this type of\u00a0fundraising\u00a0activity down.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cOutside groups\u00a0raised and spent staggering amounts of money in the\u00a0Georgia\u00a0runoff thanks\u00a0to the\u00a0massive\u00a0political\u00a0fundraising\u00a0loophole created by the Supreme Court in\u00a0its\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0627\u0637\u0646\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u0648\u0646<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> ruling and the lower court decisions that followed it,\u201d said Aunna Dennis, executive director of Common Cause Georgia. \u201cThe line must be drawn when those groups raise those funds in violation of the laws on the books.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0634\u0643\u0648\u0649 \u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0627\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0641\u064a\u062f\u0631\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0629\u060c\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CC-v.-Rep.-MTG-Cmplt_5.21.21-FINAL_signed.pdf\">\u0627\u0646\u0642\u0631 \u0647\u0646\u0627<\/a>."}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FEC Complaint Filed Against\u00a0Rep. 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