13, 2017: Trump has nominated Trey Trainor to serve on the FEC.
Texas attorney Trey Trainor, who President Donald Trump nominated in September 2017 to the Federal Election Commission.
“Matt’s nomination certainly adds a dimension to my plan,” Goodman said. In an interview Thursday with the Center for Public Integrity, Goodman wouldn’t say whether Petersen’s nomination will cause him to delay his own resignation.
#ADAV NOTI BIOGRAPHY TRIAL#
“In a very practical sense, the FEC has no margin of error,” said Adav Noti, senior director for trial and litigation at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center who until April served as the FEC’s associate general counsel for policy.Īnd losing that quorum of four commissioners is hardly hypothetical: Republican Commissioner Lee Goodman wants to quit the FEC before Christmas. For example, in July, the commission ruled that members of Congress, still reeling from the shooting of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., could use campaign funds for home security systems.Īnd certainly no action on what’s easily the thorniest topic now before the commission: whatever to do about Russian influence in U.S. No new rules or opinions governing how campaign cash must be raised and spent. No completing new investigations of political actors suspected of misdeeds. No penalizing candidates and committees found breaking campaign laws. With 2018 midterm campaigns already afoot, what would it mean if the FEC fell short of a quorum? Plenty. Three of those remaining four commissioners are themselves wavering on whether they’ll continue serving. ( Dave Levinthal/Center for Public Integrity)
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