Exhibit 735

MUR 7201 (Ted Cruz for Senate), Factual and Legal Analysis

Exhibit 735 · Agency enforcement file

MUR 7201 (Ted Cruz for Senate), Factual and Legal Analysis

The Complainant, who concedes she initially authorized the recurring contributions, does not appear to describe such a violation, and the Committee has confirmed that Complainant's recurring contributions have been canceled.

Single complainant alleged two monthly recurring contributions were charged after she asked to cancel in September 2016. Commission dismissed 5-0 on prosecutorial discretion; committee blamed a third-party vendor.

Source: Federal Election Commission
Date: 26 January 2018
Quoted from: Factual and Legal Analysis, p. 2
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/murs/7201/18044436233.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding POL-3.13: Primary record On 29 April 2021 the attorneys general of New York, Connecticut, Maryland and Minnesota wrote to WinRed about pre-checked recurring boxes, and on 6 May 2021 the FEC asked Congress to require affirmative consent for recurring contributions and to bar implied consent through pre-checked boxes. In 2023 the Eighth Circuit held in WinRed v. Ellison that federal election law did not block the Minnesota investigation.