{"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\/es\/press\/fec-complaint-filed-against-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-for-illegal-soft-money-solicitation-for-super-pac\/","title":{"rendered":"FEC Complaint Filed Against\u00a0Rep. Marjorie Taylor\u00a0Greene\u00a0for Illegal \u2018Soft Money\u2019 Solicitation\u00a0for Super PAC\u00a0"},"template":"","class_list":["post-8069","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today, Common Cause filed a\u00a0complaint\u00a0with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that\u00a0Rep. 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,\u00a0first published by\u00a0ProPublica, stem from a\u00a0fundraising\u00a0video\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.\u00a0","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"related_issues":[137,2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hoy, Common Cause present\u00f3 una <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CC-v.-Rep.-MTG-Cmplt_5.21.21-FINAL_signed.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">queja<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0La Comisi\u00f3n Federal Electoral (FEC) alega que la representante Marjorie Taylor Greene (republicana por Georgia) viol\u00f3 la prohibici\u00f3n de &quot;dinero blando&quot; de la Ley de Campa\u00f1as Electorales Federales (FECA) al solicitar contribuciones ilimitadas para un super PAC que recauda fondos para la segunda vuelta de las elecciones al Senado de Georgia. Las acusaciones,\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\">publicado por primera vez por\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ProPublica<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, provienen de una\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rS9y4RgV7MU\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">v\u00eddeo de recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0que el representante Greene grab\u00f3 para el PAC Stop Socialism NOW, solicitando contribuciones para derrotar a los candidatos Rafael Warnock y Jon Ossoff en las elecciones de segunda vuelta para el Senado de Georgia en enero.<\/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\">Seg\u00fan la ley federal de financiamiento de campa\u00f1as, los super PAC pueden recaudar y gastar fondos individuales, corporativos y sindicales sin l\u00edmite. Sin embargo, los candidatos y funcionarios federales no pueden solicitar fondos en relaci\u00f3n con una elecci\u00f3n para un cargo federal, a menos que dichos fondos est\u00e9n sujetos a las limitaciones, prohibiciones y requisitos de informaci\u00f3n de la FECA. Un candidato o funcionario federal debe limitar cualquier solicitud para un super PAC a un m\u00e1ximo de $5,000 de un donante individual, sin incluir fondos corporativos ni sindicales. La solicitud del representante Greene no se limit\u00f3 como se requiere.<\/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\">\u201cLos l\u00edmites a las contribuciones y solicitudes de los candidatos son un baluarte vital contra individuos adinerados e intereses especiales que intentan comprar influencia y acallar las voces del pueblo estadounidense\u201d, declar\u00f3 Karen Hobert Flynn, presidenta de Common Cause. \u201cLa Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos ha sido muy clara al ratificar los l\u00edmites a las contribuciones de los candidatos y la prohibici\u00f3n de que estos soliciten fondos fuera de dichos l\u00edmites, ya que dichas contribuciones conducen a la corrupci\u00f3n y socavan la confianza de los estadounidenses en el proceso pol\u00edtico\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\">La denuncia cita la sentencia del Tribunal Superior en\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">McConnell contra la FEC<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Manteniendo la prohibici\u00f3n del &quot;dinero blando&quot; y explicando que &quot;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Las restricciones a las solicitudes se justifican como medidas v\u00e1lidas contra la elusi\u00f3n. Las grandes donaciones de dinero blando a instancias de un candidato o funcionario p\u00fablico generan los mismos problemas de corrupci\u00f3n que las contribuciones realizadas directamente al candidato o funcionario p\u00fablico.<\/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\">En el video de recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos de un minuto, el comentario de la representante Greene dura 47 segundos, criticando a Ossoff y Warnock y concluyendo: &quot;El Comit\u00e9 de Acci\u00f3n Pol\u00edtica Stop Socialism Now impedir\u00e1 que Ossoff y Warnock nos roben nuestros esca\u00f1os en el Senado. Es hora de contraatacar ahora, antes de que sea demasiado tarde&quot;. Su aparici\u00f3n es seguida inmediatamente por una voz en off que insta a los espectadores a &quot;Contribuir hoy al Comit\u00e9 de Acci\u00f3n Pol\u00edtica Stop Socialism Now, porque si los dem\u00f3cratas ganan en Georgia, se acab\u00f3 para Estados Unidos&quot;. Mientras tanto, un texto en pantalla insta a los espectadores a &quot;DONAR AHORA&quot; y los dirige a la p\u00e1gina de donaciones del Comit\u00e9 de Acci\u00f3n Pol\u00edtica, que acepta contribuciones ilimitadas.<\/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\">\u00abEsta solicitud grabada en video para un super PAC viola claramente la prohibici\u00f3n de dinero blando\u00bb, declar\u00f3 Paul S. Ryan, vicepresidente de Pol\u00edtica y Litigios de Common Cause. \u00abSi los candidatos y funcionarios p\u00fablicos pueden salirse con la suya con este tipo de video de recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos de super PAC, la prohibici\u00f3n de dinero blando pr\u00e1cticamente no tendr\u00e1 sentido. La FEC debe hacer cumplir la ley y prohibir este tipo de actividad de recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos\u00bb.<\/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\">\u201cGrupos externos recaudaron y gastaron cantidades asombrosas de dinero en la segunda vuelta de Georgia gracias a la enorme laguna legal en la recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos pol\u00edticos creada por la Corte Suprema en su\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ciudadanos unidos<\/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\nPara leer la denuncia ante la FEC,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CC-v.-Rep.-MTG-Cmplt_5.21.21-FINAL_signed.pdf\">haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/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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