Below are statements quoted directly from the OAH final judgment issued last Friday, June 21 in the “Minnetristagate” trial [Emphasis added in BOLD]:

1. “…Our Minnetrista is a committee under Minn. Stat. § 211A.01, subd. 4.
   Our Minnetrista violated Minn. Stat. § 211A.02 in 2018 by failing to file campaign financial reports despite spending more than $750 in support of candidates.”
2. “Our Minnetrista did not file any campaign financial reports in its own name
   disclosing contributions it received or expenditures it made…”
3. “Because Our Minnetrista failed to file financial reports disclosing
   contributions it received and expenditures it made, and due to the manner in which Danielson [Our Minnetrista Treasurer] reported the contributions and expenditures on the candidate’s reports, Our Minnetrista’s role in the candidates’ campaigns was concealed from the public.“
4. “The campaign financial reports for Mortenson, Thoele, and Whalen did not
   list any contributions from Our Minnetrista” [Neither did the 2018 candidate financial reports for Mortenson and Tschumperlin]
5. “Mortenson, Thoele and Whalen were also aware that the expenditures
   listed on their 2014 financial reports as having been made by them, were actually made by Our Minnetrista.”
6. “Mortenson and Tschumperlin were also aware that they had not made the expenditures listed on their 2018 financial reports, but that these payments were actually made by Our Minnetrista.”
7. “Danielson completed the campaign financial reports for Mortenson and
   Tschumperlin. Danielson marked the reports as “candidate” reports as opposed to
   “campaign committee” reports. Once completed, she sent the reports to the candidates to review and approve.”
8. “Our Minnetrista received at least one donation of $750, six donations of
   $1,000, and one donation of $1,800 in 2014. Danielson allocated these contributions
   in equal amounts to Mortenson, Thoele, and Whalen.” [Statutory contribution limit is $600]
9. “Two donations to Our Minnetrista were drawn on corporate bank accounts,
   but these contributions were reported on the candidates’ campaign financial reports as having been made by individuals. These contributions were divided equally between the three candidates as well.” [Minnesota Statutes prohibit corporate contributions to campaigns for public office]
10. “Complainant established that Respondents Mortenson, Thoele, and
    Whalen violated Minn. Stat. § 211A.12 by accepting contributions in excess of $600 from Our Minnetrista in 2014.”
11. “Complainant established that Respondents Mortenson and Tschumperlin
    violated Minn. Stat. § 211A.12 by accepting contributions in excess of $600 from Our
    Minnetrista in 2018.”

12. “Our Minnetrista’s failure to file campaign financial reports…corrupted the political process, and created an unfair advantage for the candidates it supported.”

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