It starts to look a lot less hypothetical:
Petersen gave no reason for his resignation in his letter, which is here:
And of course, the way this regime operates, one has to wonder who applied what kind of pressure on Petersen. The timing is somewhat more than suspicious.
Given past history, I doubt that vacancy will be filled. After all, who needs honest elections?
Read the whole thing.
Via Joe.My.God.
Federal Election Commission Vice Chairman Matthew Petersen announced his resignation today.
This means the agency that enforces and regulates the nation’s campaign finance laws will effectively shut down — something that hasn’t happened since 2008 — because it won’t have the legal minimum of four commissioners to make high-level decisions.
Petersen’s resignation, first reported by the Washington Examiner, will throw the FEC into turmoil for weeks — and perhaps months — as the nation enters the teeth of 2020 presidential and congressional elections.
For now, the FEC can’t conduct meetings.
It can’t slap political scofflaws with fines.
It can’t make rules.
It can’t conduct audits and approve them.
It can’t vote on the outcome of investigations.
And while staff will continue to post campaign finance reports and attend to day-to-day functions, the commission itself can’t offer official advice to politicians and political committees who seek it.
Petersen gave no reason for his resignation in his letter, which is here:
And of course, the way this regime operates, one has to wonder who applied what kind of pressure on Petersen. The timing is somewhat more than suspicious.
Given past history, I doubt that vacancy will be filled. After all, who needs honest elections?
Read the whole thing.
Via Joe.My.God.
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