President Trump on Thursday fired the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of the 2026 midterms.Two Democrat commissioners Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland were fired over email.The lone Republican commissioner, Christy McCormick, resigned.The firings left the independent commission with no commissioners. The firings come after the Supreme Court ruled that a US president has the authority to fire heads of independent agencies in the executive branch. Reuters reported:U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday terminated the members of the Election Assistance Commission, the independent, federal commission that assists election administration officials nationwide, according to one person familiar with the decision and two other people briefed on the terminations.The remaining three commissioners of the four-member bipartisan commission were forced out of the commission on Thursday in different ways. The one Republican appointee resigned and the other two Democratic appointees were notified of their termination via an email by the White House Presidential Personnel Office.“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as Commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission is terminated, effective immediately. Thank you for your service,” the email, seen by Reuters, said.The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The Election Assistance Commission serves as a “national clearinghouse of information on election administration,” accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, and maintains the national mail voter registration form developed by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, according to the commission’s website.The post JUST IN: Trump Fires Three Remaining Members of the Election Assistance Commission Ahead of Midterms appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.