The efforts of President Donald Trump to convert the US government continued today with the dismissal of two democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission. Historically, this agency had five members: three of the same party as the president and two from the opposing party. New York Times that the president stopped the role of FTC commissars Rebecca Kelly Slater and Alvaro Bedoy.
Both Slater and poor said today that their dismissal is illegal. The conditions of commissars can be completed only in the early stages Good reasonFor example, “inefficiency, neglect of the duty or malfunction.” In addition, nothing more than Three commissars It may proceed from the same political party, which means that the couple also cannot be replaced by additional Republicans. It seems likely that Trump will face a legal problem from an attempt to eliminate these positions.
“The law protects the independence of the commission, because the law serves the American people, not corporate power,” the Slater statement said. “The reason why the FTC can be so effective for the American people lies in its independence because its commissars serve in different political parties and ideologies. Removing opposition votes may not change what the majority of Trump can do, but it will change, whether they will have responsibility when they do it. ”
Poor, too On the action on X, the statement of Seedhing Slaughter, which the elimination of their posts is illegal. “Tomorrow I will give testimonies to the Colorado United House and the Court of Criminal Committee of the Senate, and they will say more,” he wrote.
Trump signed In February, trying to exercise more control over several agencies that were formed in order to intentionally remain outside the White House scheme. The order appointed agencies, such as the FTC, the Federal Public Relations Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. FTC recently All posts in his business blog from the administration of President Biden, leaving a four-year gap without a published council for compliance.