Watchdog secures FEC fine from pro-Trump advocacy group for failing to disclose donors

Source: Law & Crime

Nov 2nd, 2024, 3:05 pm


A pro-Donald Trump advocacy group was recently fined by the Federal Election Commission for failing to disclose some of its donors.

In 2021, the nonprofit government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint against Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Action for allegedly keeping regulators in the dark about donor information for a series of expenditures between Aug. 20, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2020.

The watchdog group’s complaint alleged the conservative group, which is affiliated with Turning Point USA, was unable to provide information for some $1.4 million in pro-GOP election spending.

In the end, however, FEC commissioners only issued a relatively small $18,000 fine – based on Turning Point Action’s inability to disclose $33,795 in reportable contributions from donors who gave more than $200, CREW announced in a press release issued on Friday. Still, the watchdog hailed the decision as “a landmark win in the fight against dark money.”

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