The commissioner and president of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Ellen Weintraub, said on Thursday that she had received a letter from US President Donald Trump who claims to dismiss her but added that the action was illegal.
In A post on xWeintraub joined the letter of January 31 signed by Trump who said: “You are by this as a member of the Federal Electoral Commission, with immediate effect.”
Since his entry into office last month, Trump, a Republican, has embarked on a massive government treatment of the government, shooting and putting the touch of hundreds of civil servants and senior agencies in his first steps to reduce bureaucracy And install more loyalists.
Received a letter from Potus today claiming to withdraw as a commissioner and president of @Fec. There is a legal means to replace the FEC commissioners, that’s not all. I had the chance to serve the American people and to suspend good problems along the way. It doesn’t change anytime soon. pic.twitter.com/7voecn2vpj
“There is a legal means to replace the commissioners of the FEC,” said Weintraub, a Democrat, in his article, adding “that’s not all”.
“I had the chance to serve the American people and arouse good problems along the way. It doesn’t change anytime soon.”
The FEC has more than 300 employees, with six commissioners at the top. FEC vice-president James Trainor is a republican.
Weintraub has been a FEC commissioner since 2002, according to the FEC website. He says She “was a coherent voice for the application of laws and the solid disclosure of the campaign campaign.”
The FEC commissioners are appointed by the president and confirmed by the American Senate.
According to the law, no more than three commissioners can represent the same political party, and at least four votes are necessary for any official action of the Commission, says the FEC website.
