FEC Dem seeks Hollywood help in war on Trump

Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, in tweets to actors George Takei, Mark Ruffalo, and comics Samantha Bee and Chelsea Handler, urged their attention to her demand written on FEC letterhead for the president’s election fraud evidence.

“The president has issued an extraordinarily serious and specific charge. Allegations of this magnitude cannot be ignored,” said the longtime commissioner in her letter.

“I therefore call upon President Trump to immediately share his evidence with the public and with the appropriate law-enforcement authorities so that his allegations may be investigated promptly and thoroughly,” she added.

To Bee, host of the TBS show “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” she tweeted, “@iamsambee Thought you might find this interesting.”

Her agency has the authority to govern finances of federal campaigns, not voter fraud or state elections. As a result, there are concerns that her effort is tainting the commission’s ability to fairly judge Trump.

What’s more, she’s drawn attention for ripping the president’s top White House lawyer, a former FEC commissioner she dueled with.

Fellow Commissioner Lee Goodman explained, “The FEC does not administer elections or investigate claims of voting fraud so I am surprised an FEC commissioner would wade into political combat with the president over that issue. FEC commissioners have an ethical responsibility to maintain strict neutrality and avoid expressions of bias toward the political affairs we regulate, and I don’t want the Commission’s law enforcement decisions to be tainted with the perceived personal animus or bias of one commissioner.”

Tweeting to the Hollywood four was a bold public move by Weintraub.

Takei uses a Twitter image that includes a sign that reads, “Dump Trump.”

Handler posed at the White House gate Thursday with bags from Nordstrom, which cut ties with first daughter Ivanka Trump’s fashion line, drawing fire from the president.

Bee plans to roast Trump at a dinner competing with the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

And Ruffalo has spent weeks ripping the “drunk with power” Trump team and family.

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]