[…] was recorded weeks prior. While ambassador to Denmark, Sands urged people to donate to Trump using her official Twitter account, one of her several violations of the Hatch Act. In 2022, she ran for Senate and lost the Republican primary. AFPI has yet to announce an Arizona chair, and no team members are listed […]
[…] with the 1883 passage of the Pendleton Act which created a bipartisan commission to evaluate candidates for federal jobs based on merit. The 1939 passage of the Hatch Act strengthened this separation between politics and federal employment by prohibiting federal employees from engaging in many political activities. Today, more than 90% of federal jobs […]
[…] them. For example, the Office of Special Counsel is expected to go from 130 employees to just 14 during a shutdown. OSC is responsible for enforcing the Hatch Act, a law that prohibits executive branch employees from using their official authority to engage in partisan political activity. If an employee violates the Hatch Act […]
[…] and ignored advice from ethics advisors about how to best comply with the law. Political appointees especially must abide by important ethics rules and procedures, like the Hatch Act, which is one of the clearest and most important laws governing federal officials. It is even more troubling when federal prosecutors involve themselves in partisan […]
[…] This is far from the first example of Wolf acting with little regard for ethics in his position. During his tenure at the agency, Wolf violated the Hatch Act multiple times, deployed heavily armed federal agents to American cities to quell political protests just before the 2020 election and continued to serve in his […]
[…] immediately reinstate this policy or publicly confirm that it already has.” A recent report issued by the Office of Special Counsel found evidence that Pompeo violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits public officers from using their official authority for partisan purposes, by changing the State Department’s policy that barred him from addressing a political […]
Federal prosecutors should investigate whether Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo and Chad Wolf committed criminal violations of the Hatch Act.
[…] White House visitor records; prohibit national political parties and fundraising events for congressional, presidential, and vice-presidential candidates from being held on or in any federal property; strengthen the Hatch Act; and modernize disclosure requirements to ensure online political advertisements meet the same transparency and disclosure requirements that apply to political ads on other media platforms.
OSC found that White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki violated the Hatch Act while speaking from the White House Briefing Room in October.
Following CREW’s numerous complaints against Trump administration officials, the Office of Special Counsel released a report finding that at least 13 senior Trump officials violated the Hatch Act during the 2020 elections.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki appears to have violated the Hatch Act by endorsing Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial campaign in Virginia from the podium in the White House Briefing Room.
Alleged misconduct included false statements to State’s legal department, Hatch Act related resource misuses, and verbal abuse of employees.
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While they should have barred him from the ballot, the Court not exonerating him is a win for democracy.
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