wonder why she would say that?
Weintraub is a native New Yorker with degrees from Yale College and Harvard Law School. Prior to her appointment to the FEC, Weintraub was Of Counsel to the Political Law Group of Perkins Coie LLPand Counsel to the House Ethics Committee.
https://www.fec.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/ellen-l-weintraub/
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>>10243215 FEC commissioner: 'Substantial chance' 2020 results won't be known on election night
FEC Commissioner Caroline Hunter resigns from post, says commission 'needs to respect the First Amendment'
The White House has already named a successor.
By
Luke Barr
and
Soo Rin Kim
June 26, 2020, 7:42 PM
7 min read
Caroline Hunter, a member of the Federal Election Commission who regularly clashed with her fellow commissioners, resigned on Friday, according to a letter obtained by ABC News.
Hunter, a Republican, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush in 2008, regularly butted heads with FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, a Democrat also nominated by former President Bush.
In her resignation letter, Hunter has some strong criticism for Weintraub, though she is not mentioned by name.
"The FEC would benefit greatly from new faces and fresh perspectives. It needs Commissioners who will respect the First Amendment, understand the limits of the FEC's jurisdiction, and remember that Congress established the FEC to prevent single-party control, with every significant decision requiring bipartisan approval," Hunter wrote.
"One Commissioner who has served for more than a decade past the expiration of her term routinely mischaracterizes disagreements among Commissioners about the law as 'dysfunction,' rather than a natural consequence of the FEC's unique structure, misrepresents the jurisdiction of the agency and deliberately enables outside groups to usurp the Commission's role in litigation and chill protected speech,"she added. "The American people deserve better."