Settlement Agreement in Zeldin Super PAC Coordination Case

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WHEREAS, based upon the investigation, SOSNY made forty-six separate expenditures, in the form of political communications, totaling $7,462,312.19, to support candidate Lee Zeldin; and WHEREAS, based upon the investigation, STNY made forty separate expenditures, in the form of political communications, totaling $12,056,448.46, to support candidate Lee Zeldin; and WHEREAS, based … Read more

Report on Possible Super PAC Coordination With Zeldin Campaign

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already made the maximum contribution limit to Candidate Zeldin’s campaign and that Respondents were coordinating with the Zeldin campaign to make the expenditures using these contributors’ monies is further evidence that Respondents’ actions were knowing and willful. The table below summarizes the excess contributions that SOSNY accepted, with further detail following: … Read more

Rebuttal on Possible Super PAC Coordination With Zeldin Campaign

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Furthermore, this discussion also did not involve any “information about the candidate’s or opponent’s electoral campaign plans, projects, or activities that is not obtained from a publicly available source,” which is the other necessary element to trigger the “strategic discussions” coordination prong. See id. Rather, the discussion involved SOS’ own public-facing website, and … Read more