Trump and Democrats Fight Over Election Law Control; U.S. Pauses Aid to Ukraine
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
With the midterm elections coming up, there’s a legal battle starting over election laws and who controls them. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to bring the Federal Election Commission (FEC) under White House scrutiny. Democrats say that this could undermine the independence of the FEC, which is in charge of enforcing campaign finance laws, and a new lawsuit could soon determine the legalities of Trump’s order. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has reportedly paused aid to Ukraine.
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| 0:00.0 | With the midterm elections coming up, there's a legal battle starting over election laws, and who controls them? |
| 0:06.6 | President Donald Trump signed an executive order to bring the Federal Election Commission, the FEC, under White House scrutiny, |
| 0:14.0 | and now the Democratic Party is suing over this. |
| 0:17.0 | In other news, the Trump administration has paused aid to Ukraine. |
| 0:20.5 | This comes after a tense meeting last week between Trump, Vance, and Zelensky. |
| 0:24.6 | And meanwhile, Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, they have now begun. |
| 0:30.0 | And Trump is saying there is no room for negotiation on it. |
| 0:34.4 | As this happens, Trump has also announced that the United States will impose tariffs on |
| 0:39.1 | external agricultural products. The Epic Times Senior Investigative reporter Joshua Phillip, |
| 0:45.4 | and you're listening to Crossroads. |
| 0:52.3 | With the midterm elections coming up, there's a legal battle right now starting over election |
| 0:57.2 | laws. |
| 0:58.2 | And most importantly, campaign finance, who controls these things, who has oversight? |
| 1:03.9 | Well, President Donald Trump is saying the White House should have oversight. |
| 1:07.4 | He signed an executive order to bring the FEC Federal Election Commission under the scrutiny |
| 1:13.8 | of the White House. They can decide, should we do this or not? And Democrats, while they argue, |
| 1:19.9 | this will undermine the independence of the FEC and the elections by extension. The FEC is in |
| 1:25.5 | charge of enforcing campaign finance laws and other things, |
| 1:29.2 | and a new lawsuit brought by the Democratic Party, well, it could actually soon determine |
| 1:34.4 | the legalities of Trump's order. And frankly, who runs the elections? Now, Reuters said this. |
| 1:39.8 | It said, U.S. President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by the Democratic Party over a recent |
| 1:46.4 | executive order. |
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