Purported removal of FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub

Date

Jan 31, 2025

Kind

Personnel

Status

Still defying

Source

npr.org ↗

Court or forum

FEC; FECA

What happened

A letter stated she was "hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effective immediately," though FECA contains no presidential removal authority and commissioners serve until a successor is confirmed. She contested it as unauthorised.

Publisher

NPR