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Open Season for Corruption as Resignations and Trump Attacks Leave FEC Toothless

May 01, 2025

Jake Johnson
05/01/25

(Common Dreams) The federal body that oversees the nation’s campaign finance system officially lost its enforcement and rulemaking powers Thursday following a pair of resignations and U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawless firing of a Democratic official.

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The anti-corruption group End Citizens United wrote on social media Thursday that “with unprecedented amounts of Big Money flooding our elections, the American people deserve a fully functioning FEC that serves as a watchdog—not one that protects corrupt politicians and billionaire donors.”

“By gutting the agency,” the group wrote, “the door has been left wide open to corruption in our elections.”