MEDIA ADVISORY: REP. LIEU JOINS FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE, REP. JONES, AND SENATOR MERKLEY TO FILE FEC COMPLAINT CHALLENGING SUPER-PACS

July 6, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA ADVISORY:
Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA), Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC), and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), will host a press conference after a legal team, led by Free Speech For People, files a complaint on their behalf before the F.E.C. challenging super-PAC spending in US elections.

WHAT:
A legal team, led by Free Speech For People, and a group of bi-partisan plaintiffs, led by Senator Jeff Merkley and Representatives Ted Lieu and Walter Jones,
will host a press conference at 12 PM on July 7, 2016, in S-120 of the U.S. Capitol building, to talk with members of the media and answer
questions regarding a complaint filed before the Federal Election Commission seeking to abolish super PAC spending in US elections.

WHO:
Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC)
Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA)
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Ron Fein, Legal Director, Free Speech For People
John Bonifaz, President, Free Speech For People
Prof. Albert Alschuler, Univ. of Chicago Law School (emeritus)
Anne Weismann, Executive Director, Campaign for Accountability
Ambassador (ret.) Norman Eisen, former chief ethics counsel for President Barack Obama

WHEN:
Thursday, July 7, 2016
12 PM

WHERE:
Room S-120 in the Capitol Building

LEGAL TEAM:
Ron Fein, Legal Director, Free Speech For People
John Bonifaz, President, Free Speech For People
Scott Greytak, Counsel, Free Speech For People
Anne Weismann, Executive Director, Campaign for Accountability
Prof. Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School
Prof. Albert Alschuler, Univ. of Chicago Law School (emeritus)
Prof. Richard Painter, Univ. of Minnesota Law School, former chief ethics counsel for President George W. Bush
Ambassador (ret.) Norman Eisen, former chief ethics counsel for President Barack Obama

PRESS CONTACTS:
Edward Erikson, Edward.Erikson@gmail.com, 202-420-9947

Please email Edward.Erikson@Gmail.com to RSVP

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