A report recently published by the Washington Free Beacon indicates that the political arm of a Wisconsin Planned Parenthood has been issued a civil penalty by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for failing to report in a timely and accurate fashion expenditures spent in support of Democratic candidates. The report states that Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin failed to file “independent expenditures spent in support of Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Russ Feingold during the 2016 elections, according to a settlement released by the commission.”

FEC documents state that in March of 2018, by a vote of four to zero, a negotiated settlement was approved by the FEC with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin Political Fund (referred to as respondent), after “[t]he Reports Analysis Division referred Respondent for failing to file 48-Hour Reports totaling $116,898.08 to support two independent expenditures disclosed on the 2016…