The longest-serving Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission, expected to take over as chair in four months, and her top staffer are behind an anti-Trump and anti-GOP crusade, according to a new report from a critic.

In a series of blog posts, the Republican National Lawyers Association questioned the fairness of Commissioner Ellen Weintraub and her counsel, Tom Moore, and compared the attacks on Trump to the bias FBI officials showed to President Trump.



Wow. Forget the other stuff. THIS tweet is some champion-class psychological projection. Who are we talking about here? https://t.co/3RqSgNzI4t — altFEC (@alt_fec) June 6, 2018



"All this political jousting indicates one thing: that Commissioner Weintraub started off with a clear bias against Donald Trump, his lawyer, and his administration," said one of the postings from RNLA Executive Director Michael Thielen.



“Who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?” – Richard Pryor https://t.co/RkouvCPtje — altFEC (@alt_fec) August 30, 2018



Weintraub, he noted, has been harshly critical of Trump and his staff, including outgoing Chief Counsel Don McGahn, a former FEC commissioner. In the past, she has been criticized for supporting efforts to regulate conservative websites like the Drudge Report.



Remember those claims of voter fraud in 2016? After ⁦@MESecOfState⁩ Matt Dunlap sued to get the files of the presidential commission he was frozen out of, all he found was a “Halloween ghost story.” https://t.co/vzCC6l6M01 — Ellen L Weintraub (@EllenLWeintraub) August 4, 2018



In his first post, Thielen said that Weintraub’s anti-Trump bias is “pale by comparison” to the criticism leveled by former FBI official Peter Strozk. He cited her writings and tweets as evidence.



1/2 On Feb. 10, 2017, I called upon @POTUS to immediately share his evidence of voter fraud so that his allegations might be investigated promptly. 327 days and one failed Presidential commission later, we still have seen no evidence. pic.twitter.com/Tl1wGjYx3G — Ellen L Weintraub (@EllenLWeintraub) January 4, 2018



In a second, the Republican Lawyer blog turned to her counsel, Moore, giving him credit for the Twitter account “alt_FEC,” one of several “alt” sites that were created inside federal agencies to challenge the Republican administration after Trump’s election. Alt_FEC describes itself as “The unofficial #Resistance team of the U.S. Federal Election Commission.”





Hill reporter Rudy Takala identified Moore as one behind the alt_FEC account, said the blog.

That account has ripped Fox News, even suggesting that cable companies cancel carrying the channel.



Here’s a question. The more people watch #FoxNews, the less well-informed they are about basic facts. Arguably, FOX is tearing at the fabric of our democracy. They have a 1st Amendment right to exist, but not to be carried by cable companies. So: Why do cable companies carry it? https://t.co/0Ttqvrl5EQ — altFEC (@alt_fec) January 30, 2018

It is unclear why Twitter allows anonymous "alt" sites run by federal agency critics of the president and his administration.

Neither Weintraub nor Moore responded to an email request for comment on the RNLA report.

Thielen asked in his second post, “How can Commissioner Weintraub's office be viewed as fair, neutral, impartial when such nasty ad hominem attacks at President Trump are being published by her personal staff? It simply cannot."



In that report, several anti-Trump tweets were cited. The account has described Trump as nasty and deranged. It has also backed proposals from Weintraub.

“Since President Trump took office, Weintraub's personal staff has been tweeting almost daily invective about President Trump and Republicans on the Twitter account altFEC, self-described as ‘The unofficial Resistance team of the U.S. Federal Election Commission.’ ‘Resistance’ means resistance to the Trump Administration,” wrote Thielen.