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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

) 

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF ) 

AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, ) 

) Civ. No. 22-1017 

and ) 

) 

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF ) 

AMERICA, ) 

) 

Plaintiffs, ) 

) 

v. ) 

) NOTICE 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, ) 

) 

Defendant. ) 

) 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION’S NOTICE 

OF SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS 

The Federal Election Commission (“FEC” or “Commission”) hereby provides notice of 

subsequent factual developments. The composition of the Commission recently changed, with 

Dara Lindenbaum sworn in a Commissioner on August 2, 2022. FEC, Dara Lindenbaum Sworn 

In As Commissioner (Aug. 2, 2022), https://www.fec.gov/updates/dara-lindenbaum-sworn-in-ascommissioner/. Soon thereafter, on August 29, 2022, there was a successful vote to close the file 

in FEC Matters Under Review (“MURs”) 7427, 7497, 7524, and 7553, administrative 

enforcement matters in which plaintiff National Rifle Association of America Political Victory 

Fund (“NRA-PVF”) is a respondent, and as to which it has sought records from the Commission 

pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). As a result of these file closures, certain 

information from the MURs that was the subject of previous exemption claims, including formal 

Office of General Counsel recommendations, Commissioner vote certifications, and statements 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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of reasons, will be released, and plaintiffs will shortly have the central information they have 

sought in this case. 

The FEC Commissioners voted 4-1 (with one abstention) to close the files in MURs 

7427, 7497, 7524, and 7553. NRA-PVF, a respondent in these MURs and a plaintiff in this case, 

has been notified of this action. As a result, the Commission will place on the public record 

categories of documents integral to its decision-making process in the MUR, including 

certifications of Commission votes and Commissioner statements of reasons, in accord with the 

agency’s disclosure policy. See FEC, Disclosure of Certain Documents in Enforcement and 

Other Matters, 81 Fed. Reg. 50,702, 50,703 (Aug. 2, 2016). The Commission will do so as soon 

as practicable and generally endeavors to do so within 30 days. Id. 

Because the release of the file materials for MURs 7427, 7497, 7524, and 7553 will 

provide plaintiffs with the central information sought in this FOIA litigation, the Commission 

will confer with plaintiffs to determine whether their claims may be dismissed at this point or 

merely narrowed, and the extent to which there is a need for further briefing, including the 

Commission’s motion for summary judgment currently due on September 14, 2022. The 

Commission will then further update the Court. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Lisa J. Stevenson (D.C. Bar No. 457628) /s/ Greg J. Mueller 

Acting General Counsel Greg J. Mueller (D.C. Bar. No. 462840) 

lstevenson@fec.gov Attorney 

gmueller@fec.gov 

Kevin Deeley 

Associate General Counsel COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT 

kdeeley@fec.gov FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

1050 First Street, NE 

Harry J. Summers Washington, DC 20463 

Assistant General Counsel (202) 694-1650 

hsummers@fec.gov 

September 1, 2022 
 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on September 1, 2022, I served the foregoing pursuant to Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(E) on counsel of record, as a registered ECF user, through the Court’s ECF 

system. 

/s/ Greg J. Mueller 

Greg J. Mueller (D.C. Bar. No. 462840) 

Attorney 

gmueller@fec.gov