FEC Commissioner Tells Trump: 'I Will Not Be Silenced,' Provide Fraud Evidence

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By MATT SHUHAM Published FEBRUARY 21, 2017, 4:34 PM EDT

An FEC commissioner repeated her demand Tuesday that the White House provide proof for its claims that thousands of people were bused from Massachusetts into New Hampshire to vote illegally in the 2016 election.

The President of the United States has, without providing evidence, alleged a massive conspiracy to bus thousands of voters from one state to another to cast illegal votes in the 2016 elections, commissioner Ellen Weintraub wrote in a statement posted online Tuesday.

The commissioner made a similar demand for proof [link:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fec-comissioner-calls-on-trump-voter-fraud-claims-nhlast week].

Any such allegation challenging the legitimacy of federal elections would be of great concern to me, Weintraub continued. As it happens, this particular allegation falls squarely within the jurisdiction of the Federal Election Commission, since the expense of these buses has not been accounted for on any campaign-finance filing. Accordingly, I have asked the President for his evidence.

On Feb. 9, Trump reportedly told a closed-door meeting of senators that thousands of people who were brought in on buses from Massachusetts voted illegally in New Hampshire, costing him the states electoral votes, and former Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) her job.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fec-commissioner-i-will-not-be-silenced

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[SunSeeker]

1. Good for her. Trump can't fire her can he? nt

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Commissioners usually serve for 6-year terms

and can be retained or removed after that point. She was a (Dem) Shrub appointee and her term expired in 2007 (but she was retained). She is also the most senior there. In fact all but the one who just resigned, per post #2, are still serving despite having expired terms, and they can be replaced at any time (but the replacements have to be a mix of Dem & GOP).

[Cha]

12. Thank you for that, BRDS.. I just want

trump to be held responsible one day for all the shit lies he spews 24/7

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Agree and it would be long overdue!!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Related: Ann Ravel Resigns Her Seat On The Federal Election Commission

Ann Ravel Resigns Her Seat On The Federal Election Commission

February 21, 2017·4:59 AM ET

Heard on Morning Edition

@AnnMRavel

Dysfunction and Deadlock at the Federal Election Commission

By ANN M. RAVEL FEB. 20, 2017

Nearly three years ago, during my tenure as vice chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, I wrote in this newspaper that my own agency was failing to enforce campaign finance laws. My efforts to cooperate with the other commissioners to fulfill the agency’s mission had been thwarted, revealing an unfortunate truth: The F.E.C. was betraying the American public and jeopardizing our democracy.

It pains me to report that the agency remains dysfunctional, more so than ever, as I prepare to depart at the end of this month as my term nears its end. This is deeply worrisome, because the F.E.C.’s mission is to ensure fairness in elections. One of its core responsibilities is to make sure that all money in political campaigns is disclosed. As Justice Louis Brandeis said, sunlight is “the best of disinfectants.” This quotation graces the street-facing window of the F.E.C.

Unfortunately, a controlling bloc of three Republican commissioners who are ideologically opposed to the F.E.C.’s purpose regularly ignores violations or drastically reduces penalties. The resulting paralysis has allowed over $800 million in “dark money” to infect our elections since Citizens United, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited sums to elect or defeat candidates. ... These commissioners have been enabled by the commission’s very structure. By law, no more than three of its six members can be from the same party. Four must agree to begin an investigation.

This breakdown has been purposeful. Last year, for instance, those three commissioners stopped the agency from even investigating allegations of pervasive workplace political coercion. These same commissioners also blocked enforcement actions against donors who admitted setting up sham limited liability corporations for the sole purpose of pumping anonymous campaign money into elections.
....

Ann M. Ravel was appointed to the Federal Election Commission in 2013 by President Obama and was its chairwoman in 2015.

[judesedit]

16. Not to mention their gerrymandering,their electronic voting machines,vote suppression.They can't win

otherwise and they know it. They're losers.

[red dog 1]

3. K&R!

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Good for her!

(OP should read: "The commissioner made a similar demand for proof last week.&quot

[mreilly]

4. Here's how he will respond (if he bothers)

... "I don't have to do your job for you - YOU need to do it yourself. The evidence is right there and my challenge to you is to do your job and produce it for the American people. Iif you can't find it then you need to resign and get competent people in there to do their jobs. Sad!"

See folks, me too can be an President!

[orangecrush]

6. And my response

To that "Trumpspeak" is unprintable.

[Honeycombe8]

8. Spot on! LOL. nt

[OnionPatch]

14. But that's what he's "been hearing"

So it must be true!!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Investigate Election Fraud (vote machines, fake news, FBI interference), not phantom "voter fraud".

[not fooled]

9. She sees what's coming

They are going to try to enact voter suppression at the Federal level.

1,000 year reich and all that.

[Initech]

10. They have none. Trump's investigation into voter fraud is looking like this:

Or maybe this:



No wait, this:



I got it. This:

[trueblue2007]

11. can FEC Commissioner Weintraub compell Donald Rump to provide the evidence of voter fraud ????

[judesedit]

15. Those losers do it all the time. They also bribe and pay people to come see them. Or to pretend they

are liberals and create a lot violence so it looks like it's us. The SCROTUS and GOP are full of shit. Period.

[LuckyLib]

17. Tell it like it is. She knows she'll be fired or asked to resign, and she's one of many who are

going out with the truth flying.

We need to see more of this! Truth to Power!

[BobTheSubgenius]

18. I'm totally fine with provisionally accepting his assertion.

Assuming that, if any fraud - benefiting either side - results in a do-over.