WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 19: Ellen Weintraub, commissioner of the Federal Election Commission speaks as Norm Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute sits next to her during the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee hearing in the Capitol building on July 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The hearing dealt with the subject of "Democracy for Sale" and how they feel that the campaign finance system allows foreign governments to buy Influence in the U.S. Elections and what can be done about it. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
This took some guts. The Chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission issued a strong rebuke to Donald Trump’s remarks that he would listen if a foreign government offered up dirt on an opponent. Ellen Weintraub said:
“It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election.”
Weintraub is a Democrat.