Posted on 02/07/2025 3:04:34 AM PST by Libloather
President Trump fired Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub on Thursday in a move the Democratic official claims is illegal.
Weintraub, who has served as an FEC commissioner since 2002, shared the termination letter she received from the president on X and signaled that she won’t be leaving her post quietly.
“Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair of [FEC],” Weintraub wrote on the social media platform. “There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn’t it.”
“I’ve been lucky to serve the American people & stir up some good trouble along the way,” she added. “That’s not changing anytime soon.”
The succinct letter that Weintraub included in her post was dated Jan. 31 and included the 78-year-old president’s distinctive signature.
“You are hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effective immediately,” Trump wrote. “Thank you for your service on the commission.”
The White House did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
The FEC, which has six commissioners, is an independent regulatory agency tasked with enforcing campaign finance laws and overseeing the nation’s federal elections.
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The power behind what the president is doing in my judgment is rooted in what I thought was the biggest ruling from the Supreme Court ever. Reversing Chevron is exactly what gives teeth to the president to force congress to do their job as per the ruling and makes the court of jurisdiction actual court rooms instead of administrative law judges employed by each of the agencies. This is why the president is able to stand on the law without fear.
“Ellen Weintraub”
Never heard of her, but no doubt another crazed lefty.
I pray they make an extreme example out of her. The libs in government bureaucracy just do not realize how dis-liked they are by the American citizenry.
Besides, elections have consequences.
Go rig elections somewhere else.
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