Posted on 06/09/2017 11:18:13 AM PDT by ColdOne
President Donald Trump's social media director Dan Scavino violated the law when he called on Trump's allies to oust a Republican congressman from office in April, according to the Office of Special Counsel.
The agency found that Scavino breached a provision of the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees engaging in some forms of political activity while acting in their official capacity.
"Accordingly, we issued Mr. Scavino a warning letter," wrote Ana Galindo-Marrone, chief of OSC's Hatch Act Unit. "In addition, we note that Mr. Scavino was recently counseled about the Hatch Act by the Office of the White House Counsel."
The Office of Special Counseil is "an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency," whose mission, according to its website "is to safeguard the merit system by protecting federal employees and applicants from prohibited practices."
Galindo-Marrone noted that Scavino appears not to have committed any Hatch Act violations since he was admonished, and he was warned that any future breaches would be considered "willful and knowing violation of the law" and could result in harsher punishment.
Scavino tweeted at Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash on April 1, days after Trump failed to persuade Republicans to support an early version of his preferred health care legislation. Amash, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, formed part of the bloc of House conservatives that sealed the bill's initial demise.
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Amash is a CREEP.
Amash needs to go. But please. That Zero and his greasy thugs didn’t do this ALL THE TIME?
I guess Obama didn’t violate The Hatch Act when he sent some of his operatives to Israel to try to get Netanyahu ousted from office.
Again...all about going after this administration and everyone affiliated to wear them down and tie their hands up in threats and court drama.....
Yes... maybe the Hatch act will come in handy
Which — now that I think of it — might be a way for DJT to solve a nagging problem.
The “Special Counsel” is investigating the Hatch Act?
I thought he was investigating Russian links to Trump associates.
Obviously an April Fools joke. Nothing to see here.
>>I guess Obama didn’t
The brainworks of the farm are allowed to sleep in beds... wif or wifout sheets.
Ain’t Obamimalism awesome!
“To safeguard the merit system”
Yes, that’s why they did it.
Or oust Mubarak.
In fact it was violated by a number of cabinet level officers. They were particularly brazen about it during Federal campaign season.
The OSC is a permanent office. It’s not the same thing.
Yes. Maybe time to bring them up.
Hmmm...there’s still a Hatch Act?
I ask in all sincerity, because during zero’s reelection, I saw several Fed employees of at least one Atlanta post office openly wearing hats, shirts, and buttons in support of The Won.
Yep. Double Standards in a banana republic. We still are one imo.
Traffic ticket offense. If he had left the physical office & done it from Starbucks he’d be in the clear.
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