Crass said Huckabee did not agree in a settlement with the commission that he would acknowledge any wrongdoing for not releasing the fund's donors until last month. Huckabee was issued a letter of caution by the panel through a settlement he reached with the panel.

Huckabee released the names of the donors last month in response to a complaint filed with the commission that he violated a 2001 law requiring him to report the names of those giving gifts to him on behalf of the state.