Trump tries to fire head of Federal Election Committee, she refuses [View all]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/07/trump-fires-fec-chair-ellen-weintraub/78324207007/

Trump tries to fire chair of Federal Election Commission. Why she's refusing to leave.


WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump has moved to fire Ellen Weintraub, chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, but she says her termination is invalid and is refusing to step down.

Weintraub, one of three Democrats on the six-member bipartisan panel, posted a letter dated Jan. 31 from Trump that she received Thursday informing her "you are hereby removed" as a member of the FEC commission "effective immediately."

"There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn’t it," Weintraub wrote on X. "I’ve been lucky to serve the American people & stir up some good trouble along the way. That’s not changing anytime soon."