Trump Fires Head of Federal Election Panel, But She Won’t Leave

The chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission posted a letter from President Donald Trump informing her that she’d been fired, but she’s refusing to leave.

“Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair,” Ellen Weintraub, a frequent critic of Trump, wrote on the social media network X Thursday evening. “There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners — this isn’t it,” she added.

Ellen Weintraub

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Weintraub was appointed to a six-year term in 2002. Under federal law, she’s allowed to remain a commissioner past the expiration of her term until a replacement is ...