FEC MUR 7587 — case and disposition
Federal Election Commission · official-record · Checked 2026-09-12
Summary, Disposition, and dated Certifications sections.
MUR 7587 · campaign decision-making settlement
Period or event: 2015 and 2019 activity; settlement accepted August 8, 2022 · Reviewed September 12, 2026 · Record mur-7587
Sanders and the 2016 and 2020 committees settled for a single $15,000 civil penalty concerning three DACA staff advisers’ participation in election-related decision-making.
What the source records
- Joint civil penalty
- $15,000
- Commission acceptance vote
- 4–1
- Employees discussed
- 3
- Respondents
- Bernard Sanders, Bernie 2016, Bernie 2020, and their treasurers in official capacities
- Acknowledged violation in this matter
- 52 USC 30121(a)(2); 11 CFR 110.20(g) and (i)
- Individual employees’ allegations
- Dismissed; separate $35 contribution allegation dismissed with admonishment
Scope & limitations
- DACA allowed the employees to be lawfully present, but did not make them citizens or lawful permanent residents under the election-law definition. This is not evidence of foreign-government direction or funding.
- Respondents admitted the specified violation in this matter. The agreement’s non-admission language applies to other proceedings; it must not be rewritten as a blanket denial or non-admission here.
- The $15,000 is one joint settlement amount, not a separate penalty per respondent. The earlier $62,000 opening settlement offer was not the final penalty.
- Civil conciliation is not a criminal conviction.
Sources for this record
MUR 7587 — signed conciliation agreement
Federal Election Commission · official-record · Document date 2022-08-09 · Checked 2026-09-12
Cover letter; agreement IV.4–6 and 11–14, V, VI.
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