MUR #7964
White Coat Waste PACSummary
RESPONDENTS: White Coat Waste PAC; Bellotti, Anthony; Goodman, Justin; Rutland, Janna; White Coat Waste Project, Inc.
COMPLAINANTS: Kuppersmith, Michelle; Campaign for Accountability
SUBJECT: Committees-Political; Contributions-Prohibited; Expenditures-Prohibitions; Solicitation
DISPOSITION: The Commission failed by a vote of 2-4 to:a. Find reason to believe that White Coat Waste PAC and Janna Rutland in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30103(b)(2) by failing to include the name, address, relationship, and type of its connected organization in its statement of organization.b. Find reason to believe that White Coat Waste PAC and Janna Rutland in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30102(e)(5) and 11 C.F.R. § 102.14(c) by failing to include in its name the full name of its connected organization, White Coat Waste Project, Inc.c. Find reason to believe that White Coat Waste PAC and Janna Rutland in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C.§ 30118(b)(4)(A)(i) and 11 C.F.R. § 114.5(g)(1) by soliciting contributions from persons of outside of its connected organization’s restricted class.d. Take no action at this time as to White Coat Waste Project, Inc., Anthony Bellotti, and Justin Goodman.e. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated May 4, 2023.f. Approve compulsory process.g. Approve appropriate letter.
The Commission decided by a vote of 4-2 to:a. Find no reason to believe that White Coat Waste PAC and Janna Rutland in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30103(b)(2) by failing to include the name, address, relationship, and type of its connected organization in its statement of organization.b. Find no reason to believe that White Coat Waste PAC and Janna Rutland in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30102(e)(5) and 11 C.F.R. § 102.14(c) by failing to include in its name the full name of its connected organization, White Coat Waste Project, Inc.c. Find no reason to believe that White Coat Waste PAC and Janna Rutland in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C.§ 30118(b)(4)(A)(i) and 11 C.F.R. § 114.5(g)(1) by soliciting contributions from persons of outside of its connected organization’s restricted class.d. Dismiss as a matter of prosecutorial discretion allegations that White Coat Waste Project, Inc. made and White Coat Waste PAC and Janna Rutland in her official capacity as treasurer accepted prohibited in-kind corporate contributions in violation of 52 U.S.C. § 30118(a).e. Close the file.f. Issue appropriate letters.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
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Dismissed-Other | Bellotti, Anthony | ||
Goodman, Justin | |||
Dismiss pursuant to prosecutorial discretion | White Coat Waste Project, Inc. | 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) | |
Rutland, Janna |
52
U.S.C.
§30102(e)(5)
52 U.S.C. §30103(b)(2) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(b)(4)(A)(i) 11 CFR 102.14(c) 11 CFR 114.5(g)(1) |
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White Coat Waste PAC |
52
U.S.C.
§30102(e)(5)
52 U.S.C. §30103(b)(2) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(b)(4)(A)(i) 11 CFR 102.14(c) 11 CFR 114.5(g)(1) |
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No RTB | White Coat Waste PAC |
52
U.S.C.
§30102(e)(5)
52 U.S.C. §30103(b)(2) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(b)(4)(A)(i) 11 CFR 102.14(c) 11 CFR 114.5(g)(1) |
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Rutland, Janna |
52
U.S.C.
§30102(e)(5)
52 U.S.C. §30103(b)(2) 52 U.S.C. §30118(a) 52 U.S.C. §30118(b)(4)(A)(i) 11 CFR 102.14(c) 11 CFR 114.5(g)(1) |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
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Primary respondent | White Coat Waste PAC |
Previous respondent | Bellotti, Anthony |
Goodman, Justin | |
Rutland, Janna | |
White Coat Waste Project, Inc. | |
Complainant | Campaign for Accountability |
Kuppersmith, Michelle |