U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard the new Air Force One on July 8, 2026.
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The White House confirmed Friday that with less than four months until the midterm elections, President Donald Trump has fired the three remaining members of the Campaign Assistance Commission.
Democrats slammed President Trump’s dismantling of the EAC, an independent federal agency that helps manage campaign finances, calling it just the latest example of Trump’s efforts to subvert U.S. elections.
Two Democratic committee members, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, were fired via email Thursday, according to VoteBeat, which first reported the firings.
Christie McComic’s resignation has been accepted, according to VoteBeat, a report that a White House official confirmed in an email to CNBC.
A fourth member, Republican Donald Palmer, voluntarily resigned from the committee in April to take a job with the Heritage Foundation.
“The President and the heads of the executive branch reserve the right to remove anyone who may not fully agree with the important mission of securing America’s elections and ensuring that every legal vote is counted,” a White House official said in an email to CNBC in response to questions about the firings.
“The Slaughter decision gives the president priority over that decision,” the official said, referring to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in late June that found President Trump had the authority to fire Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Louise Slaughter.
The ruling gave President Trump and future presidents the power to fire members of supposedly independent federal agencies that perform functions under the executive branch of government.
“From the beginning, the administration has worked with all agencies and local partners to protect elections from fraud and fraud, and has invested in a strong infrastructure to sustain that mission, especially in the midterm elections,” a White House official said.
However, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.N.Y.) said in a post about X that “the firing of the entire remaining members of the bipartisan Campaign Assistance Committee months before the midterm elections is a brazen attempt to seize control of the election before a vote is cast.”
“He is seeking to eviscerate the independent agencies that certify voting systems and help election officials conduct secure elections,” Schumer wrote.
Voting rights advocates and Democrats are warning that President Trump, who has repeatedly claimed the 2020 election was stolen from him, is trying to undermine November’s election.
President Trump continues to push his controversial election bill, the Save America Act, which would impose strict identification requirements on voters and require proof of citizenship to vote.
Over the past year, he has attacked mail-in voting practices and floated the idea that Republicans should “nationalize” elections.
