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A Democratic Federal Election Commission member is urging the FEC to investigate whether Russian agents used Facebook to spread damaging stories about Democratic nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonTrump, Clinton campaign aides launch their own bids Hannity: I won't discuss Seth Rich story for now 'out of respect for the family' Clinton slams Trump's budget: 'An unimaginable level of cruelty' MORE before the 2016 presidential election, Politico reported.

I think there is potential there for finding a violation, but I dont want to suggest that I have prejudged anything that could potentially come before me, Ellen Weintraub told the news outlet.

Weintraub wants to investigate whether Russian agents paid Facebook to promote damaging news stories that targeted Clinton's campaign, according to Politico. Federal law prohibits foreign companies and persons from donating to campaign committees or spending money "for the purpose of influencing" a U.S. election.

If there are U.S. citizens involved in any way in spending foreign money to influence a U.S. election, then that would be something that we could and should pursue, Weintraub said.

If the FEC moves forward with this investigation, it would be folded into an existing complaint filed to the FEC in December against the Trump campaign and the Russian government.

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Meeting in Sacramento in the shadow of the state capitol, California Democrats elevated vice chairman Eric Bauman to the top job. Bauman edged out Kimberly Ellis, a Bay Area Democratic activist, by just about 60 votes out of 3,300 eligible delegates.

Ellis did not concede. Late Saturday night, she said she had been in touch with attorneys.

Bauman had the support of the vast majority of the Democratic members of the state legislature, most politically active unions and local party organizations. Ellis was backed by Our Revolution, the outgrowth of Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, and a California nurses union that backed Sanders.

There were few differences between the two candidates, both of whom adopted much of Sanders's 2016 platform. The main differences surrounded Bauman's work as a political consultant against a ballot measure dealing with pharmaceutical prices last year, and Ellis's pledge not to take money from the oil, tobacco or pharmaceutical industries.

Still, the race became politically fraught for some of California's most prominent Democrats. Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (D), the leading candidate in the race for governor, endorsed both candidates rather than choosing a side.

Bauman late Saturday moved to embrace Ellis, acknowledging the ongoing division within the party.

"There is no denying that there is a problem when so many of our hardworking activists feel that they are not welcome within our party and that they have been slighted and shut out of the process," Bauman said in a statement. "We cannot win the vital elections in 2018 and beyond without the energy, commitment and participation of every part of our Democratic family."

The biennial California Democratic Convention might have been a moment of celebration for a party that holds the governor's mansion, super majorities in the state legislature and 39 of the state's 53 U.S. House seats.

Instead, it served as a platform from which to launch the next round of battles, especially as Gov. Jerry Brown (D) prepares to leave office after the 2018 elections.

Newsom, state Treasurer John Chiang and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa all addressed the delegates, in hopes of winning their votes for governor.

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The venue, the King Middle School, was decorated with signs on the wall featuring Lees name and the hashtag #Resist,according to theSan Francisco Chronicle, whilevendors soldanti-Trump buttons outside.

Lee brought guests to address the meeting: President Richard Nixons former White House counsel, John Dean, and Malcolm Nance, a retired Navy senior chief petty officer and spy, to Berkeley to help educate her constituents and encourage them to keep fighting.

TheChronicle notes that Lee accidentally introduced Nance as Malcolm X.

Dean and Nance disappointed the audience, according to the Chronicle,by telling them that Trump was not likely to be impeached quickly, nor was he likely to be removed from office by being declared mentally unfit to serve under section 4 of the 25th Amendment. They apparently pleased the audience, however, by bashing Trump and the Republican Party.

Lee has been pushing for Trumps impeachment in recent days. Last week, she issued a statement declaring: The American people deserve to know if President Trump tried to quash the FBI investigation into his campaigns alleged collusion with the Russians. If true, this would constitute obstruction of justice, which is an impeachable offense.

Not content with the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller within the Department of Justice to investigate any potential ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, Lee demanded an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate what she called a constitutional crisis.

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He was named one of the most influential people in news media in 2016. He is the co-author ofHow Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.

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