[…] likely won’t be staff to enforce 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 […]
Federal prosecutors should investigate whether Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo and Chad Wolf committed criminal violations of the Hatch Act.
[…] administration officials showed an open contempt for the law meant to protect the American people from the use of taxpayer resources and government power for partisan politics. OSC notes that there are significant enforcement challenges to enforcing the Hatch Act. Legislation like the Protecting Our Democracy Act would fix that. Congress must act now […]
CREW sent a follow up letter to OSC, noting Psaki’s remorse and her assertion that she “learned her lesson” about engaging in political activity.
[…] and lying to those tenants about it, telling them the video was a nonpartisan project, according to documents obtained by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. OSC’s investigation began with a complaint filed by CREW. Patton approached senior officials within the Trump campaign about filming a promotional video with NYCHA residents to air […]
Washington—The Office of Special Counsel has recommended that disciplinary action be taken against Peter Navarro for repeatedly violating the Hatch Act, following complaints from CREW. OSC found that Navarro, an Assistant to the President and Director of the Office for Trade and Manufacturing Policy, violated the Hatch Act on multiple occasions when he engaged […]
[…] United Nations Nikki Haley and former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, have all engaged in conduct that violates the Hatch Act. If the Office of Special Counsel ( OSC) finds that a federal employee has violated the Hatch Act, the agency can initiate a disciplinary action via the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), a separate […]
[…] benefiting his re-election effort, in its final weeks and days as Americans are casting their ballots. Beyond the 16 administration officials we identified who have committed clear violations of the Hatch Act, the White House appears to have also deployed cabinet members to swing states to tout Trump policies on the taxpayer dime, and […]
[…] other government officials do not use federal resources to support or oppose any candidate in the event of a contested election, according to a letter sent to OSC by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. An independent federal agency, OSC is responsible for enforcing the Hatch Act. Over the course of Donald Trump’s […]
[…] election and by publicly discussing the president’s reelection strategy and attacking Democratic nominee Joe Biden, according to a letter sent to the Office of Special Counsel ( OSC) by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. During his interview, in which host Maria Bartiromo introduced Navarro with his official title, Navarro admitted to working […]
[…] Haley, Stephanie Grisham, Raj Shah, Jessica Ditto, Madeleine Westerhout, Helen Aguirre Ferre, Alyssa Farah, Jacob Wood, Kellyanne Conway and Lynne Patton. Following CREW’s complaints against Kellyanne Conway, OSC took the unprecedented step of recommending she be removed from federal service in a scathing report detailing her numerous ethics violations. CREW has also taken a […]
[…] violations, including Dan Scavino, Nikki Haley, Stephanie Grisham, Raj Shah, Jessica Ditto, Madeleine Westerhout, Helen Aguirre Ferre, Alyssa Farah, Jacob Wood, Kellyanne Conway and Lynne Patton. Following CREW’s complaints against Kellyanne Conway, OSC took the unprecedented step of recommending Conway be removed from federal service in a scathing report detailing her numerous ethics violations.
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