[…] 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 […]
[…] laws. CREW sent written testimony to congressional committees suggesting specific accountability measures that should be included in the 2021 budget for several government agencies. The power to decide which agencies are allocated funds and on what conditions must not be underestimated. Read CREW’s congressional testimony here: White House Visitor Logs Private Prisons The Hatch Act
[…] and notify the public when the corrected reports are available. Patton has a history of inappropriately mixing her official position and political activity, and CREW filed a Hatch Act complaint about her behavior in May 2018. More recently, she drew attention by making an appearance far from her New York office with Rep. Mark […]
[…] 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.
[…] Committee. In March 2003, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms William Pickle issued a report finding that former Senate staff aide Manuel Miranda, who worked first for Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch and later Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, with the assistance of former clerk Jason Lundell, accessed materials on the computers of Democratic staff for a period […]
[…] records” such as tweets from official White House accounts. Navarro’s decision to delete and launch a new account occurred on the same day that CREW filed a Hatch Act complaint against Navarro for repeatedly using his official title and platforms to make politically-charged statements in support of President Trump’s re-election, including with his Twitter […]
[…] intent of overturning the presidential election, which appears to have violated criminal civil rights law. Trump and Meadows also appear to have violated criminal provisions of the Hatch Act by illegally pressuring and attempting to coerce high-ranking DOJ officials to advance a partisan political agenda to affect the outcome of the election. “These alarming […]
[…] or laws of the United States,” including the right to vote for federal offices and the right to have one’s vote fairly counted. Criminal provisions of the Hatch Act also make it unlawful for anyone to try to coerce federal employees to engage in political activity, and prohibit officials from using their official authority […]
In another case, a White House official appeared to improperly use his official position for politics, in violation of the Hatch Act, when Director of Social Media Dan Scavino, Jr. urged his Twitter followers to defeat a member of Congress who opposed President Trump’s healthcare legislation from an effectively official account. At least one […]
[…] the drug companies Sanofi and Vertex reported lobbying on the “Orphan Product Extensions Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2017” (OPEN Act) sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL). This bill would grant an extension of the exclusivity period for old drugs if they have been approved for new […]
[…] at official government events without explanation. Both sons were in attendance when President Trump announced his selection of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, where Senator Orrin Hatch congratulated them on a “great pick.” In August, Eric Trump was in the room while the president briefed FEMA on Hurricane Sally at the agency’s headquarters. […]
[…] campaign and the Trump administration. The corrupt efforts included other fireworks displays, taxpayer-funded propaganda videos, directives to tag the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account in official agency tweets, countless Hatch Act violations and more. CREW obtained the records as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Interior Department. The lawsuit aims to […]
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