Venable partner Ron Jacobs was quoted in a January 22, 2014 Politico article about a recent complaint filed before the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by an anti-Hillary Clinton group called the Stop Hillary PAC. The group claims Clinton and her political team authorized a campaign by renting official resources – her email list – to the Ready for Hillary super PAC, which is pushing Clinton to run for president. By law, the pro-Clinton super PAC cannot coordinate with Clinton or her staff. Campaigns, PACs, super PACs and political parties can sell resources to each other, but they cannot do so at a discounted price and cannot discuss messaging because it would be considered coordination.
Jacobs said, “This is certainly a new and unchartered territory to have interactions like this between super PACs and potential candidates. It is a disservice to those involved in the political process when the FEC has not issued any regulations in this area, and routinely deadlocks on advisory opinions that would provide guidance.”
Jacobs said, “This is certainly a new and unchartered territory to have interactions like this between super PACs and potential candidates. It is a disservice to those involved in the political process when the FEC has not issued any regulations in this area, and routinely deadlocks on advisory opinions that would provide guidance.”