ACU Files FEC Complaint Against MoveOn.org Political Action and the New York Times Company for Committing Clear Violations of Federal Election Laws

    ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American
 Conservative Union (ACU) chairman David A. Keene announced today that ACU
 has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against
 MoveOn.org Political Action and the New York Times Company for violation of
 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended and the Bipartisan
 Campaign Reform Act of 2002.
     On Monday, September 10, 2007, MoveOn sponsored a full-page
 advertisement in the New York Times attacking General David Petraeus prior
 to his report to Congress regarding the status of the United States
 military operations in Iraq. The open rate for a full-page black and white
 advertisement in the New York Times is $181,692. MoveOn only paid $65,000
 for the ad, according to multiple press reports.
     The New York Times Company's "discount" is in effect a corporate soft
 money contribution to a federal political committee. MoveOn's acceptance of
 this corporate soft money contribution exceeds federal contributions and is
 a clear violation of FEC laws.
     "ACU demands a full and thorough investigation of the cost of the Ad
 and the discount given by the New York Times Company to MoveOn.org
 Political Action, for payment by MoveOn of the usual and normal charge for
 the costs of the Ad and the requisite civil money penalty for violation of
 federal law by each of the Respondents," ACU Chairman David A. Keene stated
 in the FEC complaint. The complaint may be viewed at the ACU website:
 http://www.conservative.org.
 
 

SOURCE American Conservative Union