Marjorie Taylor Greene gets fresh scrutiny from regulators

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is getting questions from the Federal Election Commission again — this time about a new political action committee she created after paying a fine for election law violations and closing down another PAC.

The new “MTG for Georgia Leadership Committee,” launched less than a month ago, received a letter this week from federal regulators flagging it for a frequently abused aspect of campaign law.

A tenet of law related to leadership PACs is that they can’t use the politician’s name. That’s to prevent confusion by donors about how their money will be spent.

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The FEC letter asks MTG for Georgia Leadership Committee if it’s actually raising money for Greene’s campaign.

If so, “you must amend your Statement of Organization to change the name of your political committee so that it does not include the candidate's name and/or provide further clarification regarding the nature of your committee,” the FEC wrote.

Greene’s new organization registered as a “leadership PAC,” which is intended for federal officeholders and candidates to raise money to give to the campaigns of other federal politicians — and in the process, nurture friendships that might be politically useful.

Greene’s new leadership PAC did not immediately respond to emails from Raw Story for comment.

Last December, Greene agreed to pay a $12,000 fine for improperly sharing an ad produced by the Stop Socialism Now PAC on her campaign social media accounts in December 2020.

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Greene admitted to personally violating the law by soliciting funds for an entity that is not subject to the regulations imposed on federal candidates, who may not accept donations exceeding $5,000. The PAC supported Republican candidates in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff election in early 2021.

Greene also appeared in the ad, which was released in December 2020 and supported Republican Senate candidates Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

But Greene’s campaign donors — not Greene herself — ultimately footed the bill, according to an image of the payment check that Raw Story obtained from the FEC.

The check for the full $12,000 comes from Greene for Congress Inc., the congresswoman’s donor-fueled campaign committee.