WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission turned down former President Donald Trump’s request for an additional 30 days to file a detailed report on his income, assets and debts, but the decision will have little effect on him.
Candidates who submit reports more than 30 days after they are due must pay a filing fee of $200, according to a letter Lisa Stevenson, the commission’s acting general counsel, sent to a Trump lawyer on Thursday. That’s the penalty set forth in the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
The FEC had already granted Trump two 45-day extensions to file, the maximum amount allowed. But on Wednesday, the deadline for filing the document, Derek Ross, a lawyer representing Trump, sent a one-paragraph letter to Stevenson requesting the extra time “due to the complexities of his financial holdings.”
