FEC Declines to Investigate in Reimbursement Case

• By Suzanne Nelson
• Roll Call Staff
• Oct. 26, 2005, Midnight

In an enforcement action considered perplexing by some campaign finance watchdogs, the Federal Election Commission declined to do their own investigation in a recent case despite finding reason to believe that a company had “knowingly and willfully” engaged in a scheme to reimburse employees for donations to federal candidates.