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Government Corruption
FEC chair says she got a letter signed by Trump firing her from post
2025-02-07
[10News] Nice try. GTFO
Chair Ellen L. Weintraub said President Trump has the ability to remove her, but her replacement must be confirmed first.

Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen L. Weintraub said in a post on X that she received a letter purporting to be from President Donald Trump saying that she has been removed from the FEC.

The letter addressed to her says, "You are hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effective immediately. Thank you for your service on the Commission."

Weintraub claims President Trump had not followed proper procedure to remove her from the commission.

"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. That’s not changing anytime soon," she wrote.

The Trump administration has yet to confirm her dismissal. She is still listed on the FEC's website as the commission's chair.

The Federal Election Commission consists of three Democrats and three Republicans.
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Ellen L. Weintraub 06/25/2019 Clinton campaign broke election laws with dossier author payment, lawsuit claims
Ellen L. Weintraub 04/19/2016 Charge: FEC Dems would ban Drudge, NYT, free media on election eve
Ellen L. Weintraub 02/12/2015 Dems on FEC open to new regs on donors, Internet

Posted by:Frank G

#6  Wasn't your job to stir up 'good' trouble. Kind of a creepy statement, actually.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-02-07 13:34  

#5  NYP: Weintraub’s term expired in 2007 but she remained on the commission “in holdover status” for over two decades since a replacement for her was never appointed.

Weintraub has been critical of Trump’s claims of widespread voter fraud in federal elections.

“I think it is damaging to our democracy to spread information like that if there is no proof,” she told CNN in a 2019 interview, according to Fox News, describing Trump’s allegations as “baseless.”
Posted by: Frank G   2025-02-07 10:36  

#4  I don’t think people are getting fired randomly. This tells me that something is coming down the pike that the FEC should have been doing. All the IGs went first. Think about it. There was an IG who had oversight of USAID.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-02-07 10:20  

#3  Have security hand her the letter and throw her out of the building. Preferably from the top window.
Posted by: DarthVader   2025-02-07 10:13  

#2  Former Coast Guard commandant evicted from base housing 2 weeks after firing: report
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-02-07 10:00  

#1  There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners

IAW the Constitution, as part of the Executive, Article II, the boss is the elected President.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-02-07 09:53  

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