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| | Commissioner Thomas Statement of Reasons re Dismissal of FEC v. Forbes Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15) |
 | | Forbes was whether a presidential candidate could freely use the corporate resources of a media outlet, owned and controlled by him, to feature and discuss campaign issues of importance to his candidacy. |
 | | Forbes and the Forbes campaign had violated the statute by accepting these prohibited corporate contributions from Forbes, Inc. On December 9, 1998, however, Commissioners Elliott, Mason, Wold, and Sandstrom took the unprecedented step of voting to withdraw the suit with prejudice. |
 | | Forbes was merely engaging in issue discussion as a candidate and that, absent express advocacy, such candidate activity is outside the Commissions jurisdiction and may be permissibly financed with prohibited source money. |
| www.fec.gov /members/thomas/thomasstatement15.htm (2620 words) |
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