The Trump administration fired the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources (Reuters, AP, The Hill, NBC) report that the White House confirmed Trump ousted the remaining Election Assistance Commission members in July 2026: two Democrats were fired and the lone remaining Republican was forced to resign, leaving the commission with zero sitting commissioners.
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… We saw President Trump and his allies attack, very heavily attack, the California primary in particular, and raise false claims of fraud in those in those elections. We saw the Trump administration fire the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission, a commission created by Congress that was intended to be independent, bipartisan. The eac is so independent and bipartisan Oh, well, I mean, technically it's supposed to be two Democrats and two Republicans, and yeah. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports the White House confirmed President Trump terminated the last three members of the Election Assistance Commission, leaving the four-member commission without any sitting commissioners.[1]
Supports. The Hill and NBC News report that Democratic commissioners Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland were fired by email, and Republican Christy McCormick was asked to resign.[3][4]
Supports. AP and ProPublica report Trump ousted the remaining members of the bipartisan election commission, with the fourth commissioner having departed earlier in the year.[2][5]
Context. The post's phrasing that the administration fired the remaining members matches the reporting; the Republican member resigned under pressure rather than being formally fired, which sources describe in slightly different terms.[1][6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 3 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Trump fires Election Assistance Commission members ahead of midtermsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Trump fires election commission members ahead of November ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Trump fires election board Democratsthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 4Trump ousts Election Assistance Commission members ahead of ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midtermspropublica.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Trump fires election commission members in latest attempt ...pbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 7Trump administration fires members of Election Assistance ...inquirer.com · not rated · cited for: context
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