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Trump Illegally Attempts to Fire Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub
February 08, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release:

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Trump Illegally Attempts to Fire Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub

Statement of Trevor Potter, Republican former chair of the FEC and president of Campaign Legal Center:

"In claiming to fire a commissioner of the Federal Election Commission, the president violates the law, the separation of powers, and generations of Supreme Court prece . . .

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