Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub is refusing to leave her post after she received a letter from President Donald Trump telling her she was fired.

Weintraub took to social media to share the letter and claims she is not leaving her position because the notice is not legal.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair of @FEC,” Weintraub said in a post on X. “There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn’t it. I’ve been lucky to serve the American people & stir up some good trouble along the way. That’s not changing anytime soon.”

Weintraub showed the letter in her social media post. “You are hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effective immediately,” the White House letter dated Jan. 31 says. “Thank you for your service on the Commission.”

On the FEC, Weintraub is one of three Democrats, followed by two Republicans and an open seat.

Some people believe that Trump’s decision to fire more than a dozen inspectors general in his first week in office was illegal. It led to a letter from Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) asking him to explain the actions and why he failed to alert Congress.

From the beginning of the Trump administration, the goal has been to reform a significant amount of the federal government. The actions have been widely denounced by Democrats, and shortly after she posted the letter, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) responded.

“Trump’s political purge continues with this illegal dismissal of Democrat Ellen Weintraub from the FEC,” he stated on X.

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