THEJACOBSON LAW GROUP

JACOBSON . MAGNUSON .ANDERSON

& HALLORAN P.C.

R. Reid LeBeau ll lShareholder

Attorney at Law

651-644-4710

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October 25,2018

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Office of General Counsel

Federal Election Commission

1050 First Street, NE

Washington, DC 20463

Re: sua sponte submission of complaint Regarding Disclaimer violations

complainant:Friends of Erik Paulsen (FEC No. C00439661) 

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P.O. Box 44369

250 Prairie Center Drive

Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Respondent: Care in Action

To Whom It MaY Concern:

The Friends of Erik paulsen Committee submits Complaint against the Care in Action

Committee for violating federal election law'

Failure to Provide Disclaimer

on or about october lT,2}lS,Representative Erik Paulsen received at his private

residence a politicar communication in thå form of campaign riterature frory3n unidentified

political committee. The public communication advocát"lfor the defeat of Representative Erik

Paulsen, incumbent for elåction to the 3rã Corrgressional District of Minnesota' See attached

Exhibit A _ october rT,2lrgcommunication] The public communication failed to contain a

;"_ds" communication disclaimer as required by 11 cFR $ 110.11.

Upon information and belief, the public communication was paid for and prepared by

care in Action. The content of the mailer matched in substance and style to content presented in

two digital political advertisements published on Facebook'com by a group called "Reunify

Families Now.,, see attached Exhibit B - screenshot of october r2thDigitar Advertisement;

Exhibit c - screenshot of Reunify Famities Now Ad Archive; Exhibit D - Ad Performance for

october 12th Digital Advertisemðnt; pxtriuit p 

- Ad perforrnance for october 7th Digital

Advertisement. Th; digital udu"rtir.ñntilløte in their header "Paid for by care in Action" and

link to www.paursenfaiLdfamilies.corn The digitar advertisements ran from october7,2018

and octobe r l2,20lgto october 23,2}lï,respãctively, and are currently listed as inactive'

Both digital advertisements failed to state contàct information for care in Action and failed to

180 East Fifth Street Suite 940 Saint Paul, MN 55101

T 651 -644-4710 F 651 -644-5904 www.TheJacobsonlawGroup.com

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state whether or not the political advertisement wa! authorized by any candidate, as required by

1r cFR $ 110.1l(bx3).

Content presented on www.paulsenfailedfamilies.com is similar to, and in instances

identical to, the public communications presented on the mailer and digital advertisement. See

attached Exhibit F - Screenshot of Website. The website contains the following disclaimer:

PAID FOR BY CARE IN ACTION. INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE, NOT

APPROVED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE.

The communication received on October I7 ,2018 violates 1 1 CFR $ 1 10.1 1 because it

does not contain a disclaimer. Furthermore, the digital advertisements violates 11 CFR $

I10.11(bX3) because (l) the disclaimer fails to state theoopermanent street address, telephone

number, or World V/ide Web address of the persona who paid for the communication" and (2)

the disclaimer does not state "that the communication is not authorizedby any candidate or

candidate's committee."

Respectfully submitted,

Paulsen

Subscribed and swom to before

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SARAH ELIZABETH PHEMISTER

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My Commission Expires

January 3î, 2019

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Exhibit A

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Throughout history, Americans have stood up against human rights

abuses and crimes against children. By letting his party take children and

babies from their parents and lock them in prisons, Erik Paulsen has

betrayed American values.

Famities deserve better than Rep. Erik

Paulsen.

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The Trump adnlinistration has

seÞârated thousåncls of children

from their pårents ând locked them

up ¡n military detention facìlities.

Antl there are still no plans for lrow

all these children will l¡e rer"¡nited

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As an elected me¡¡¡ber of Congress,

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against this crísis. But he refuses

to introduce clr support legis¡at¡on

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Paulsen voted t¿r let the

aclnlinistration lock up children and

larnilies indefinitely, and make it

harder for these children to ever

see their fanlilies agaì*. lnstead of

working to end this crisis, Pairlsen

is making it wçrse.

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