Ellen Weintraub, the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, posted a short letter signed by President Trump on social media that said she was “hereby removed” from the commission effective immediately, the New York Times reports.
She said that she did not see the president’s move as legally valid, and that she was considering her options on how to respond.
USA Today: Trump tries to fire chair of Federal Election Commission. Why she’s refusing to leave.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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