Layoffs have been sweeping both the private sector and the federal government. And those who stand up against the administration’s current efforts are getting ousted left and right.
Few people know this better than Ellen Weintraub, former commissioner for the U.S. Federal Elections Commission. Weintraub, who worked for the FEC for 23 years, promoted fair elections and regulation of money in politics for her entire tenure. She was abruptly dismissed in February from her role in a rather unconventional manner.
