Case 1:18-cv-00888-RDM Document 14 Filed 07/13/18 Page 1 of 43 U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) COMMITTEE TO DEFEND THE ) PRESIDENT, ) ) No. 18-888 (RDM) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, ) ) Defendant, ) _______________________________________) PLAINTIFF COMMITTEE TO DEFEND THE PRESIDENT’S MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISMISS Dan Backer POLITICAL.LAW PLLC 441 N. Lee Street, Suite 300 Alexandria, VA 22314 (202) 210-5431
[email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff Committee to Defend the President Case 1:18-cv-00888-RDM Document 14 Filed 07/13/18 Page 2 of 43 TABLE OF CONTENTS BACKGROUND .........................................................................................................................1 A. Federal Campaign Finance Law ...........................................................................1 1. Contribution Limits ...................................................................................1 2. Reporting Requirements ...........................................................................2 3. Joint Fundraising Committees ..................................................................2 4. Anticircumvention Provisions ..................................................................3 B. Administrative Complaint Process .......................................................................4 C. CDP’s Administrative Complaint .........................................................................6 D. CDP’s Challenge to the FEC’s Failure to Timely Adjudicate Its