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Money In Politics

DOGE associate’s company gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration

[…] rules, special government employees can avoid compliance with anti-corruption and transparency measures that would otherwise apply to full-time government employees. For instance, they are subject to the Hatch Act, which restricts the political activities of federal employees, but only while they are on duty, whereas full-time employees are subject to several Hatch Act restrictions even […]

Investigations
Transparency

What you need to know about DOGE and the limits of its authority

[…] police his own conflicts– a troubling arrangement which will likely shield him from meaningful public and legal scrutiny on this subject.) And they are subject to the Hatch Act, which restricts the political activities of federal employees, but only while they are on duty, whereas full-time employees are subject to several Hatch Act restrictions even […]

Reports
Corruption

Trump 2.0: Bracing for criminals, corruption and constitutional crises

[…] top appointees divest from their business interests as required Whether Trump enacts an ethics pledge that will lay out clear requirements for recusal for former lobbyists  The Hatch Act What happened last time?  During the last Trump administration, the Office of Special Counsel found that more than a dozen senior Trump aides, including Jared Kushner, […]

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Democracy

Department of Justice attorneys, agents and investigators may not undertake political investigations or prosecutions

[…] House and the attorney general or FBI director to participate in political investigations or drop valid cases. Such actions may violate the Constitution and statutes like the Hatch Act and the Civil Service Reform Act, while also contravening longstanding (post-Watergate) DOJ policy protecting its independence. Below, we outline the laws that may be implicated, duties […]

Investigations

Election deniers head America First Policy Institute’s new state chapters

[…] 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 on […]

Commentary & Analysis

FAQ: The conservative attack on the merit-based civil service 

[…] 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 are […]

Commentary & Analysis

Why a shutdown would be a problem for government ethics

[…] 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 during […]

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CREW Statement on Rachael Rollins

[…] 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 activities, […]

Investigations
Money In Politics

Chad Wolf ran Trump’s DHS. His lobbying firm kept his seat warm.

[…] 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 position […]

Letters
Ethics & Reform

CREW to State Department: Reinstate policy preventing partisan politics

[…] 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 party […]