Since taking his oath of office last month, President Donald Trump has quickly moved to shake up the federal bureaucracy.

Another example of that phenomenon came a week ago when he fired the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) chair.

Weintraub pledges to fight her dismissal

According to The Hill, Ellen Weintraub decried Trump's decision to remove her in a social media post put up on Thursday.

"Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner [and] Chair of [the FEC]. There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it," Weintraub wrote.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair of @FEC. 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. pic.twitter.com/7voecN2vpj

— Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub.bsky.social) (@EllenLWeintraub) February 6, 2025

"I've been lucky to serve the American people [and] stir up some good trouble along the way. That’s not changing anytime soon," she insisted.

Weintraub included a screenshot of the letter from Trump, which was dated January 31. It read, "You are hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effective immediately."

Weintraub has been a commissioner since 2002

The FEC's website explains that it is an "independent regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing the federal campaign finance law."

Its 300 employees are overseen by six commissioners, of whom no more than three can belong to the same political party.

The Hill explained that Weintraub was first appointed to the FEC for a five-year term in 2002 by then-President George W. Bush.

Since no successor was selected at the end of her term, Weintraub has managed to remain on the FEC's commission as an "acting" member for the better part of two decades.

Former FEC chair says Weintraub's firing was illegal

CBS News reported that Weintraub's firing was met with condemnation from Campaign Legal Center president Trevor Potter, who previously served as FEC chair.

"As the only agency that regulates the president, Congress intentionally did not grant the president the power to fire FEC commissioners," he wrote.

"Trump is free to nominate multiple new commissioners and to allow Congress to perform its constitutional role of advice and consent," Potter continued.

"It's contrary to law that he has instead opted to claim to 'fire' a single Democratic commissioner who has been an outspoken critic of the president's lawbreaking and of the FEC's failure to hold him accountable," Potter went on to allege.