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Related: About this forumFEC questions Nehls' campaign finances
Officials with the Federal Election Commission are seeking answers from U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R) about financial records he kept during the 2020 election.
Members of the commission in a series of letters sent to the freshman lawmaker from Fort Bend County ask questions about discrepancies in the beginning and ending campaign balance, receiving donations over the federal limit, failing to disclose a conduit that passed along contributions and how campaign money was spent.
No one from the Republican lawmakers office had responded to multiple requests for comment about the matter as of Monday afternoon.
The commission on June 17 sent letters to Nehls campaign treasurer, Chad Norvell, seeking an explanation for four possible violations of federal election campaign donation limits.
Read more: https://www.fortbendstar.com/countynews/fec-questions-nehls-campaign-finances/article_03718b8e-ddc9-11eb-bb17-3b730bf7207c.html
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The FEC asked the campaign to provide additional information about how it spent $1,685, accepted potentially excessive contributions, failed to disclose information about a conduit that passed along contributions, neglected to file a required report, reported inconsistent cash-on-hand figures, and failed to add correctly.
The $1,685 payment appears to have involved a reimbursement of personal purchases by Daniel Gribble, a campaign staffer. (The FEC letter said the transaction in question involved reimbursement of personal purchases on the campaigns pre-general 2020 report; Gribbles payment of $1,685 on Oct. 14 is the only receipt with that description in the filing.)