A federal judge late Tuesday threw out national Democrats’ challenge to an executive order issued by President Trump they claimed stepped on the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) independence.

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the Democratic Party’s three national political committees failed to provide clear enough proof that the FEC's independence is at risk.

The FEC’s legal counsel represented to the court that it would not take directives from the White House interfering with its independent judgment, and the government said no such directives had been issued, prompting the judge to dismiss the lawsuit.

"On this record — lacking any specific allegations that the challenged section has been or will be applied to the FEC or its Commissioners, in accord with the representations of cou

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