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President Donald Trump fired the U.S. Federal Election Commission Commissioner and Chair Ellen Weintraub, sending her a missive regarding her "removal."
Trump took bureau Jan. 20, and since past has taken connected a monolithic authorities makeover, sidelining and firing hundreds of apical bureau officials and civilian servants arsenic helium attempts to instal much loyalists and downsize the bureaucracy.
Weintraub, similar galore others, was successful Trump’s crosshairs, but she did not look to beryllium lasting down.
"Received a missive from POTUS contiguous purporting to region maine arsenic Commissioner & Chair of [the FEC]," Weintraub wrote Thursday successful a station connected X. "There’s a ineligible mode to regenerate FEC commissioners — this isn’t it. I’ve been fortunate to service the American radical & disturbance up immoderate bully occupation on the way. That’s not changing anytime soon."
Along with her post, Weintraub posted a transcript of the missive from the White House.
"Dear Commissioner Weintraub," the missive states. "You are hereby removed arsenic a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effectual immediately. Thank you for your work connected the Commission."
The missive was dated Jan. 31, 2025, and signed by Trump.
FEC CHAIR: TRUMP IS ‘DAMAGING TO OUR DEMOCRACY’ WITH ‘BASELESS’ VOTER FRAUD ALLEGATIONS
Weintraub took purpose astatine President Trump successful 2019, erstwhile she said his "baseless" claims astir voter fraud were "damaging to our democracy."
She criticized the president during an quality connected CNN and claimed helium was spreading accusation for which helium had nary proof.
"I deliberation it is damaging to our democracy," Weintraub told big John Berman, "to dispersed accusation similar that if determination is nary proof."
Weintraub insisted determination was nary grounds of rampant elector fraud successful 2016, responding to Trump’s repeated claims to the contrary.
Fox News Digital’s Joshua Nelson contributed to this report.
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