View FEC letter here.

Angie Langley doesn't live in Alan Grayson's district, yet she started mycongressmanisnuts.com. She's been able to raise nearly $4000 through the website, asking donors to help her fight against the democrat from Orlando.

Grayson wrote a four page complaint letter to the US Attorney General saying the title is tasteless and misleading - and that the mission of the website is illegal.

Why? Langley isn't Grayson's constituent.

Grayson is calling for Langely to pay back her donations, plus a penalty, and possibly spend five years in prison.

Grayson replied to this story through his spokesman via email Friday night: "Everyone has to obey the law, even rude, right-wing cranks."

WDBO requested a comment from Langley, but had not heard back from her as of Friday evening.

Below is Grayson's complaint:

December 2, 2009

General Counsel
Federal Election Commission
999 E Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20463


    RE:    Complaint Against Angie G. Langley
        and MyCongressmanIsNuts.com         


Dear General Counsel:


    I am the Congressman for Florida's Eighth Congressional District ("FL-8").  Pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437 and 11 C.F.R. Part 111, I am filing this complaint against Angie G. Langley, personally, and also against the campaign committee "MyCongressmanIsNuts.com," P.O. Box 1063, Orlando, FL 32802.  Ms. Langley is the Treasurer of the committee (Ex. 1).  The committee name corresponds to a website that attacks me, and only me, while soliciting contributions to be used against me.

I.    Committee and Website Name

    Ms. Langley has chosen a name for her committee that is utterly tasteless and juvenile.  Of the thousands of campaign committees reporting to the FEC, I doubt that any other one sinks this low.  But that is not the primary purpose of this complaint.

    By choosing the name "My Congressman is Nuts" for her committee, Ms. Langley is indicating that I am her Congressman.  I am not her Congressman, and I have never been her Congressman.  Ms. Langley resides at 969 W. Lakeshore Drive, Clermont, FL 34711 (Ex. 2).  This is many miles outside my district.  Ms. Langley lives within FL-5, not FL-8.

    Ms. Langley has deliberately masqueraded as a constituent of mine, in order to try to create the false appearance that she speaks for constituents who don't support me.   This is fundamentally deceptive and fraudulent.  

    For instance, on Oct. 30, 2009, Ms. Langley appeared on a local TV station, Fox 35 (Ex. 3).  Langley was introduced as being one of "some of his people [Grayson] represents [who are] getting really upset."  Langley pretended to be a person whom I represent.  During the interview, the interviewer said that Langley "lives in Lake County, one of districts that Congressman Grayson represents."  Langley continued the charade that she lives in my district.  She even claimed that "I have many friends who voted for him," to try to cement the misperception that she lives in FL-8.

    Similarly, in an Oct. 31, 2009, interview in the Washington Times (Ex. 4), Ms. Langley falsely claimed that she lives "in the Lake County portion of Mr. Grayson's district" (Ex. 4).

    Clearly, this was not some kind of innocent mistake.  As the Washington Times pointed out, Ms. Langley was the head of the Lake County Republican Party.  Someone in that position cannot help but know which Members of Congress represent her and her county.

    Since I do not represent Ms. Langley in Congress, any fundraising effort of hers directed against me that begins with the phrase "My Congressman" is fundamentally dishonest and fraudulent.

II.    "Non-Connected Committee" Assertion

    In the committee's Statement of Organization, Ms. Langley falsely claimed that the committee supports or opposes more than one candidate, and that it is not connected with any other organization (see Ex. 5).  The website, however, clearly shows that the committee opposes only me.  This also was true in the committee's news release, and Langley's statements in media coverage regarding the website.  Moreover, in the Fox 35 interview, when the interviewer said "so your goal is to unseat him [meaning me]," Ms. Langley's response was "absolutely, that is our entire goal."

    Furthermore, since Ms. Langley is a former Republican Party official, it strains credulity for her to assert that her committee is not connected with any other organization.  Indeed, the avowed purpose of the committee is to raise money for the Republican nominee in next year's FL-8 election.  Thus the committee is simply a device to skirt around contribution limits.

    In short, the activities of Ms. Langley and the committee are awash with FECA violations.  Every dollar that the committee has raised has been raised in violation of law.  Indeed, among other things, Ms. Langley is personally guilty of the type of fraudulent misrepresentation specifically prohibited by 2 U.S.C. 441h.

    For the reasons stated above, I respectfully request that the FEC assess all applicable administrative and civil penalties, under 11 C.F.R. 111 and otherwise.  This includes, but is not limited to, the assessment against Ms. Langley and the committee of a civil penalty equal to 1000 percent of the amount that the committee has raised or will raise.  (In other words, I request that Ms. Langley be fined an amount equal to ten times what the committee raises.)  Because Ms. Langley's violations are knowing and willful, I also ask that the FEC refer this violation to the Attorney General, for his consideration of all penalties, including but not limited to "imprison[ment] for not more than 5 years."  2 U.S.C. 437g(d).

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

                            Sincerely,


                            _________________________
                            Alan Grayson, M.C.


Subscribed and sworn before me, this ____ day of ____________, 2009