Elections

FEC Chair Breaks Silence After Trump’s Foreign Interference Comments: ‘It’s Illegal’

‘100% CLEAR’

Ellen Weintraub released a warning on foreign interference after Trump told ABC News he’d take dirt on 2020 opponents from foreign figures.

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Federal Election Commission chairwoman Ellen Weintraub released a statement Thursday reiterating that it was “illegal” for anyone running for public office to “solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S.

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