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International Business Times
International Business Times
Vidhya Ck

Trump Fires FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub; She Calls It Illegal

Ellen Weintraub, Chair of the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC), revealed on Thursday that she had received a letter from President Donald Trump stating that she had been removed from her post.

However, she swiftly rejected the action, labeling the removal as not valid under the law. "Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair," Ellen Weintraub, a Democrat, wrote on X on Thursday evening.

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