Trump enforcer among 3 accused of breaking the law at rally in ‘shocking new low’

Three senior Trump administration officials are accused of using their government positions to boost a Republican senator’s reelection campaign, triggering a formal request for a federal investigation.Democracy Defenders Fund and Reporters Without Borders filed the complaint Monday against FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over an Oct. 13 rally in Wasilla for Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK). Trump headlined the event and called all three officials to the stage.Clayton Weimers, executive director of Reporters Without Borders North America, took aim at Carr’s participation in particular, calling it a “shocking new low for his politicization of the office.”“This administration keeps testing the boundaries of our democratic guardrails, and this is just the latest example,” said Norm Eisen, executive chair of the Democracy Defenders Fund.“Appointees can’t just mix official and political activity, and they can’t lean on their official responsibilities to support a political candidate,” he...