Washington • Utahn Matt Petersen is resigning his seat on the Federal Election Commission, leaving the panel overseeing campaign laws without four commissioners and unable to conduct meetings and audits or make rules or issue fines or decisions on investigations.
Petersen, who grew up in Mapleton, has served on the FEC for 11 years and said in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump that it had been an honor to guide the commission through challenging times.
“Throughout my service, I have faithfully discharged my duty to enforce the law in a manner that respects free speech rights, while also fairly interpreting the relevant statues and regulations and providing meaningful notice to those subject to FEC jurisdiction,” Petersen wrote Trump.