{"id":2216761,"date":"2024-04-09T17:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T21:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fec-eyes-letting-campaigns-fund-security-after-8000-threats-last-year\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T17:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T21:42:26","slug":"fec-eyes-letting-campaigns-fund-security-after-8000-threats-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fec-eyes-letting-campaigns-fund-security-after-8000-threats-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"FEC considers allowing campaigns to finance security in response to 8,000 threats in the past year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffec-eyes-letting-campaigns-fund-security-after-8000-threats-last-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2216761&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Federal Election \u2063Commission is considering allowing campaigns\u200d to fund security using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitehouse-pushes-justice-dept-to-support-controversial-donor-disclosure-rule\/\" title=\"Whitehouse Pushes Justice Dept. to Support Controversial Donor Disclosure Rule\">donor contributions<\/a> due to an increase in threats against federal candidates. The FEC seeks\u200c comments on a proposal for covering &#8220;reasonable costs&#8221; of candidate security, \u2062including\u2063 various \u2062security measures.\u2063 FEC\u2063 Chairman Sean Cooksey attributes the decision \u2062to the\u200d escalating threats against candidates. Your \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> the key points\u2063 of the provided text about\u200d the Federal Election Commission considering allowing campaigns to finance security with donor contributions\u200c due to escalating threats against federal candidates. Great job!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Highlighting an increasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2806354\/us-capitol-police-threat-assessments-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wave of threats<\/a> against federal candidates for public office, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/updates\/comments-sought-regarding-use-of-campaign-funds-for-candidate-and-officeholder-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Federal Election Commission<\/a> has opened the door to allowing campaigns to fund security with donor contributions.<\/p>\n<p>In a brief statement, the FEC said Tuesday that it will be seeking comments over the next two months on a proposal to allow for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2806354\/us-capitol-police-threat-assessments-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>\u201creasonable costs\u201d<\/a> of candidate security.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign finance watchdog agency said it has allowed special case funding for security but would now like to approve a formal rule allowing spending for \u201cnon-structural security devices; structural security devices; professional security personnel and services; and cybersecurity software, devices and services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FEC Chairman Sean Cooksey told Secrets that the rise in threats against candidates is driving the move.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Capitol Police reported it received 8,008 claims of threats in 2023, a huge jump from the 906 in 2016. Election years have seen big growth in threats of violence, the police data showed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe what is driving much of the commission\u2019s interest in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-latest-drug-pricing-moves\/\" title=\"What You Need To Know About Trump\u2019s Latest Drug Pricing Moves\">proposed rule<\/a> is the enormous spike in cases of threats and violence against candidates and members of Congress over recent years,\u201d Cooksey said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a persistent problem like this needs a permanent rule to allow federal candidates and officeholders to pay for their own security,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Some members, such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), have been subjected to repeated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2828496\/congress-surge-swatting-incidents-officials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>\u201cswatting\u201d calls,<\/a> while others have noted an uptick in email threats.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with the current rules, and why changes are needed, is that they do not allow the \u201cpersonal use\u201d of campaign funds. As a result, candidates who wanted to use campaign money for their security needed to get the FEC\u2019s OK.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the new rule passes muster, permission won\u2019t be needed.<\/p>\n<p>The FEC memo explained: \u201cConsistent with prior commission advisory opinions, the proposed rule would provide that the use of campaign funds to pay for the reasonable costs of security measures for a federal candidate or officeholder is not personal use as long as the payments are made for security measures that address ongoing dangers or threats that would not exist irrespective of the individual\u2019s status or duties as a federal candidate or officeholder and would require that the disbursements be for the usual and normal charge for such goods and services.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a rise in threats against federal candidates, the FEC may permit campaigns to use donor funds for security. The FEC announced it will gather feedback for two months on a proposal to enable &#8220;reasonable security expenses.&#8221; This move aims to address the growing concerns around safety for individuals seeking public office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2216762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23363568256345-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23363568256345-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}