{"id":2402406,"date":"2025-02-13T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dumped-fec-chairwoman-scrubbed-from-election-site-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T20:22:36","slug":"trump-dumped-fec-chairwoman-scrubbed-from-election-site-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dumped-fec-chairwoman-scrubbed-from-election-site-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump dumped FEC chairwoman scrubbed from election site &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-dumped-fec-chairwoman-scrubbed-from-election-site-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chairwoman Ellen\u200d Weintraub has been officially removed \u200dfrom her position after\u200c President Donald\u200b Trump resolute her removal. Initially\u2064 resistant to the \u200douster,Weintraub served for 23 years and had been a vocal critic of\u2064 Trump and\u2062 the Republican\u200c party during her tenure. Despite her\u2064 assertions that there\u2063 was a \u2062legitimate process for replacing FEC\u2063 commissioners, she eventually acknowledged\u2064 her removal in an email\u2063 to the commission\u200c staff, stating she would come in to clear out her office. Following her\u2062 exit, her position on the \u2062FEC \u2064was marked\u200b as &#8220;vacant.&#8221; With her departure, Vice Chairman \u2064Trey Trainor will \u200bassume leadership, emphasizing collaboration among the remaining commissioners. As the FEC \u200doperates with an equal division between \u2062Democrats and\u200b Republicans,it remains to \u200bbe seen \u2064if Trump will nominate new commissioners to fill the open seats.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump dumped FEC chairwoman scrubbed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-clark-county-election-officials-are-refusing-to-disclose-poll-workers-political-affiliations\/\" title=\"Lawsuit: Clark County Election Officials Are Refusing To Disclose Poll Workers\u2019 Political Affiliations\">election site<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1992974\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>After initially putting up a fight over her ouster by President Donald Trump, former Federal Election Commission Chairwoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3313625\/fec-chairwoman-rejects-trump-attempt-remove-her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ellen Weintraub<\/a> is out, and her place on the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">current commissioners changed<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/about\/leadership-and-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;vacant.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Despite a flurry of recent news reports that she was still resisting her firing, including one on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/11th-hour\/watch\/f-e-c-chair-refuses-to-leave-after-trump-fires-her-231706693879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MSNBC<\/a> Tuesday, the outspoken Trump critic has given up after serving 23 years on a six-year appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Weintraub fed the initial reports that she was going to challenge Trump. She posted his note to her on X and wrote, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners &mdash; this isn&rsquo;t it. I&rsquo;ve been lucky to serve the American people &amp; stir up some good trouble along the way. That&rsquo;s not changing anytime soon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner &amp; Chair of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FEC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FEC<\/a>. There&rsquo;s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn&rsquo;t it. I&rsquo;ve been lucky to serve the American people &amp; stir up some good trouble along the way. That&rsquo;s not changing anytime soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7voecN2vpj\">pic.twitter.com\/7voecN2vpj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub.bsky.social) (@EllenLWeintraub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EllenLWeintraub\/status\/1887648967300694270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Later, she sent an email to commission staff to say that she would leave.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I received a letter from the president this afternoon, stating that I am &lsquo;removed&rsquo; as a member of the FEC, effective immediately. I&rsquo;ll be coming in tomorrow to clean out my office. If anyone&rsquo;s around, feel free to stop by,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>This week, her slot on the FEC list of current commissioners was erased, and a faceless &ldquo;vacant&rdquo; was posted.<\/p>\n<p>A commission spokesman did not elaborate other than to tell Secrets, &ldquo;at this time, I don&rsquo;t have any additional information I can provide other than to point you to the website that lists the currently serving commissioners.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A link went to all current and past commissioners. Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/about\/leadership-and-structure\/ellen-l-weintraub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Weintraub&rsquo;s photo,<\/a> it said, &ldquo;Democrat December 2002 to February 2025.&rdquo; For the four remaining current commissioners, the date line reads instead, &ldquo;Currently serving.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her former FEC ally, Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bradcast-2-10-2025-former-fec-chair-ann-ravel-on-trumps\/id803467610?i=1000690990441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ann Ravel,<\/a> stirred up reports on Weintraub&rsquo;s resistance this week when she made the absurd claim that Trump ordered Marines to take the stubborn commissioner out. The podcast she appeared on later apologized for the &ldquo;false claim.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As commissioner, she was critical of Trump and Republicans and was a key player in recent years when the FEC was the most politically divided and unable to agree on cases.<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/about\/leadership-and-structure\/james-e-trainor-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James &ldquo;Trey&rdquo; Trainor,<\/a> who will now lead the FEC, said that the four who remain at the FEC work well together.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economists-push-for-another-round-of-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"Economists Push for Another Round of Stimulus Checks\">vice chair<\/a> I will serve as acting chair in the absence of the elected chair. It takes four votes to do anything so we&rsquo;ll be required to work together. That being said, the four of us that are remaining have worked well together over the past few months,&rdquo; the Republican told Secrets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FEC has six seats, and they are evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.uchicago.edu\/news\/sean-cooksey-14-and-ben-moss-18-join-office-vice-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sean Cooksey<\/a> recently resigned to take the job as counselor to Vice President JD Vance.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if Trump will nominate replacements soon to the agency that largely focuses on campaign financing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1992974\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1992974\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump removes FEC chairwoman; her position now vacant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2402407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP23222537177606-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3728,10614,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2402406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election","tag-fec","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP23222537177606-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402410,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402406\/revisions\/2402410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}