Trump takes revenge on Federal Elections boss who challenged him over stolen votes

Donald Trump fired Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ellen Weintraub Thursday, taking purpose astatine one of his main critics implicit claims of predetermination fraud.

In a response, Weintraub - who has overstayed her word connected the FEC by astir 20 years - has said that the attempted firing is amerciable and that she was going nowhere. 

Since taking bureau connected January 20, Trump has embarked connected a monolithic authorities makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civilian servants and apical officials astatine agencies successful his archetypal steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing much loyalists.

Weintraub, appointed to the FEC by George W. Bush successful 2002, posted the letter, dated January 31 and signed by Trump, to societal media. 

It said: 'You are hereby removed arsenic a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effectual immediately.' 

Weintraub - who has consistently slammed the president's claims of fraudulent elections - refuses to leave.  

'There's a ineligible mode to regenerate FEC commissioners-this isn't it,' she said successful a station connected X, which had the missive attached.

'I've been fortunate to service the American radical and disturbance up immoderate bully occupation on the way,' she added successful her post. 

DailyMail.com has reached retired to some the White House and the FEC for remark connected the matter. 

The FEC has six commissioners, with nary much than 3 allowed to beryllium from the aforesaid governmental party.

There is presently a vacant spot connected the committee aft Trump appointee Sean Cooksey resigned earlier this year. 

Weintraub is the past remaining commissioner of a pack of 4 profiled successful 2018 who had agelong outstayed their archetypal six-year terms. 

She was slated to permission the FEC successful 2008 but has remained due to the fact that the president astatine the clip her word was up didn't name a replacement. 

By law, commissioners are allowed to enactment connected arsenic 'acting' commissioners until a replacement is appointed. It is unclear if Trump has anyone named to articulation the committee successful her stead.

She was precocious re-elected arsenic seat of the committee to statesman 2025; Republican James E. “Trey” Trainor, III was elected vice chair. 

Weintraub has fashioned herself arsenic a professional of Trump since helium emerged arsenic a governmental unit a decennary ago.

On January 6, 2021, she slammed Trump for refusing to concede the 2020 predetermination amid the events astatine the Capitol. 

'No, Mr. President, the predetermination was not stolen. You mislaid a escaped and just predetermination just and square,' she wrote.

'Summon an iota of patriotism: Concede the predetermination you person lost. Condemn the unit you person incited.'

That was acold from the archetypal clip she'd taken purpose astatine the president during his archetypal word successful office. 

In 2019, she criticized him for claiming that helium would judge ungraded connected an hostile from a overseas power. 

Her tweet came aft President Trump doubled down connected a connection saying helium meets with overseas heads of authorities each the clip and can't beryllium expected to telephone the FBI aft each one.