FEC closes Crossroads GPS probe

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Source: Politico

The Federal Election Commission has closed a long-running investigation into the activities of Crossroads GPS — the nonprofit group founded by GOP strategist Karl Rove.

According to a letter sent by the FEC to Crossroads GPS and provided on Tuesday to POLITICO, the election enforcement agency dismissed the complaint — which was filed in 2010 — because there were insufficient votes on the commission supporting allegations that Crossroads GPS violated campaign finance law.

The FEC said it would follow up with a statement to Crossroads GPS explaining its reasons for the closure of the complaint.

The initial complaint was filed against Crossroads GPS in 2010 by the watchdog groups Public Citizen and Protect Our Elections. It alleged that the 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization was actually operating as a political committee — like a PAC or super PAC instead of a tax-exempt nonprofit group. The complaint also claimed that Crossroads GPS should be forced to disclose its donors and list its expenditures — just like PACs, super PACs, campaigns and political parties.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/crossroads-gps-probe-fec-101246.html

[pkdu]

1. As a country , we are fucked until this shit is fixed. Nt

[SoapBox]

2. Gag!

SOOO...they didn't do anything because "there were insufficient votes on the commission supporting allegations..."

That's it?!?

Lame and shameful.

[Lint Head]

3. Guess what?

Fuck Turd Blossom.

[ReRe]

4. Here's what I think:

Fuck Politico. Fuck the fucked up Federal Election Commission. Fuck KKKarl Rove and his guilty-as-sin Crossroads GPS organization.
There can't be anything more disgusting than a bunch of naked Emperors on the political catwalk.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

5. The GOP has kept the FEC short of members...

... for years, if not decades, rejecting presidential appointments (sound familiar?), because without enough votes, any FEC ruling on election fraud, cheating, vote rigging, ballot flipping, etc... has no weight. So if the FEC is missing 2 members, it is a lion without teeth or claws.

[former9thward]

7. There are six FEC Commissioners.

It is fully staffed. http://www.fec.gov/members/members.shtml

[SharonAnn]

9. Isn't it 3 D's and 3 R's? That way, there's not a "majority"?

[former9thward]

10. It is designed that way.

Always 3 Ds and 3 Rs. That way neither party can use the agency in a partisan attack on the other.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

11. The article makes no mention of that...

... in the past, during election years, the FEC has been short at least one or two members, especially during the 2000's.

[ctsnowman]

6. How shocking

[LiberalLovinLug]

8. I guess we'll just have to leave it to Anonymous

Classic though. Give the reason as something cloudy like "insufficient votes on the commission" for now. And then delay an explanation about the actual reasoning behind that decision. So that down the road they'll pick a convenient time when the media's plate is chalk full with other stories and release some short release that will be buried quickly. If anyone calls them on it if it is as hollow as we suspect, they can say "that was a long time ago, its over, nothing we can do about it anyways"