President Donald Trump has terminated two of the remaining three members of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), and the third member resigned, according to the White House.
“The President, and head of the Executive Branch, reserves the right to remove individuals that may not be totally aligned with the important task of securing America’s elections and ensuring every legal vote is counted. The Slaughter decision gives the President precedence to do so,” a White House official told The Epoch Times in a July 10 email.
The Supreme Court said in a June 29 decision in Trump v. Slaughter that the president has the authority to fire officials under his control. The ruling upheld Trump’s termination of Rebecca Slaughter, a Federal Trade Commission commissioner….