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Compliance Notes - Vol. 6, Issue 5

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National Democrats filed suit Friday, February 28, 2025, to stave off what they say could be President Donald Trump's destruction of impartial campaign finance regulation by the Federal Election Commission.

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National Democrats filed suit Friday, February 28, 2025, to stave off what they say could be President Donald Trump's destruction of impartial campaign finance regulation by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The Democratic National Committee and the campaign arms for congressional Democrats say Trump's executive order (EO) taking control of all independent agencies in the Executive Branch means the FEC could now be weaponized against Trump's political adversaries in ways it was designed to prevent in the aftermath of Watergate. In particular, Democrats pinpoint a section in the executive order requiring all executive branch officials to defer to Trump's interpretation of the law rather than any judgments they may reach on their own. Democrats are asking a judge to declare that the FEC's independence from the president is constitutionally permitted and to bar the

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