Washington – The two Democratic commissioners of the Federal Commerce of Commerce of the United States.
A White House official confirmed the dismissal but had no more comments.
“This is a corruption simply and plainly,” said former Commissioner Álvaro Bedoya about his dismissal of the consumer protection agency in a statement about X.
His former colleague, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, said in a statement: “The president illegally fired me from my position as Federal Commissioner of Commerce, violating the clear language of a statute and precedent of the Clara Supreme Court.”
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Trump has already caused demands by dismissing members of other independent agencies, including the National Board of Labor Relations.
The United States Supreme Court ruled in 1935 to defend a law that allows the FTC commissioners to be fired only by a good cause, such as neglecting their duties. The ruling protects a series of agencies from several bipartisan members independent of the direct control of the White House.
But there were clues beyond the shooting in the NLRB that it was likely more action. Trump issued an executive order on February 18 that gives greater control to the White House on independent agencies, which experts considered that they prove the limits of presidential power.
The president of the FTC, Andrew Ferguson, and the Republican Commissioner Melissa Holyak, the other Republican of the Commission, have said that they support the legal position of the Trump administration that the White House has the power of the officials of the Fire Agency.
