The plaintiffs alleged violations of the FECA Act in the 2016 election.
The District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Election Commission (FEC) request to dismiss a complaint alleging election violations during the 2016 presidential election. The complaint was filed by a nonprofit group that alleged Donald Trump’s campaign coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election, paying them to influence social media and hack the computer servers of the Democratic National Convention. The FEC reviewed the complaint in 2021 and determined to close the filing.
The plaintiffs sued the FEC for closing their complaint without an investigation in 2022, alleging that doing so violated the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). However, the district court agreed with the FEC’s claim that their decision to close the complaint had a reasonable foundation and was within their authority to decide.
“The investigation would face legal obstacles, lengthen an unfeasibly short timeline, expend limited and costly resources, and only minimally benefit the public because of the duplicative nature of the investigation,” the FEC stated, referencing similar investigations into the 2016 campaign of Donald Trump previously conducted by the Justice Department.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For Chair Sean Cooksey to be led by the Lord as heads the Federal Election Commission.
- For judges in the federal courts to be discerning as they hear cases regarding election and campaign laws.
Sources: Federal Elections Commission
