The Democratic National Committee failed in its latest bid to charge the president with campaign hanky panky, despite support from a liberal Federal Election Commission member.

In a series of newly release memos, the FEC voted 3-1 behind closed doors last month against taking action against President Trump, son Donald Trump Jr., and Trump lawyer and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in a case that charged illegal collusion.





The DNC had charged that a super PAC that backed Trump, Great America PAC, illegally coordinated with the Trump campaign when it ran an ad titled “leadership” featuring Trump supporter Giuliani urging Americans to dump Hillary Rodham Clinton for Trump.

The DNC alleged that in the collusion, the group provided an in-kind donation to the Trump campaign. In addition to the PAC and its director, the DNC listed Trump, son Donald Jr., and Giuliani.

In its vote, the FEC rejected the claim that Giuliani was an “agent” of the campaign, and thus was disallowed from helping the PAC.

Only longtime Democratic FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub sought further investigation.

“Although Giuliani advised Trump regarding his campaign as early as February 2016, he publicly emphasized that he was only providing informal advice as a personal friend and not campaign strategy as an officer or employee of the Trump Committee,” said the FEC report on the case.

Giuliani this month joined Trump’s legal team fighting the Russia probe.

The FEC’s legal team struck down the DNC’s charges and recommended no further action.

The FEC’s legal counsel concluded:

“Because the available information does not support the conclusion that Giuliani was an agent for Trump or the Trump Committee when he appeared in ‘Leadership,’ Giuliani's actions do not satisfy the conduct prong of the coordinated-communications test. Therefore, the Commission finds no reason to believe that GAP made, and Trump and the Trump Committee knowingly accepted, a prohibited or excessive in-kind contribution, and finds no reason to believe that Giuliani violated the Act or Commission regulations in connection with the allegations raised in this matter.”