[EL] Criminal probe of Coordination?

[Steve Hoersting]

Hence my original question mark...  Very glad to hear it. Thank you, Paul.
On Dec 5, 2013 9:24 AM, "Paul Ryan" <PRyan at campaignlegalcenter.org> wrote:

> Stop the presses . . . I, too, am with Brad on this one.  I exchanged some
> email with the reporter yesterday and she then wrote this piece largely
> drawn from my email.
> http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131205/NEWS/312050034/Sorenson-case-might-focus-on-two-provisions-of-campaign-related-law?Frontpage
>
> From the various news reports I've read in the past months, I think this
> investigation is likely about (1) contribution amount limits/prohibitions,
> (2) contribution reporting/disclosure and, perhaps (3) use of leadership
> PAC funds to pay campaign expenses.  I don't see any coordination issues
> here.
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> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:
> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph
> Birkenstock
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 9:09 AM
> To: Steve Hoersting; Smith, Brad
> Cc: law-election at uci.edu
> Subject: Re: [EL] Criminal probe of Coordination?
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> I think I'm with Brad on this one.  The DM Register piece and the blog
> post to which Colin Smith linked earlier both describe potential unreported
> and excessive (and perhaps otherwise illegal) in-kind contributions, and,
> to my eye, the much scarier problem of a potential conspiracy to arrange
> unreported and excessive in-kind contributions.  Is there another aspect to
> this story that involves independent vs. coordinated communications?
>
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> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [
> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Steve
> Hoersting [hoersting at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 8:53 PM
> To: Smith, Brad
> Cc: law-election at uci.edu
> Subject: Re: [EL] Criminal probe of Coordination?
>
> Many paragraphs in it mentions DoJ and that claim. (It is a muddled piece).
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Smith, Brad <BSmith at law.capital.edu
> <mailto:BSmith at law.capital.edu>> wrote:
> Doesn't appear to have anything to do with coordination. Am I missing
> something?
>
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> To: law-election at uci.edu<mailto:law-election at uci.edu>
> Subject: [EL] Criminal probe of Coordination?
>
> A muddled piece from the Des Moines Register suggests (another) DoJ
> criminal probe of coordination? (Ken Gross spoke of one at PLI. Not sure
> whether this is the same matter).
>
>
> http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/12/04/fbi-uses-search-warrant-at-kent-sorensons-home/article
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