Posted on 04/18/2023 12:00:09 PM PDT by Red Badger
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated the Hatch Act after he advocated for the election of a Democrat, a new investigation found.
Special Counsel Henry J. Kerner said in a letter to President Joe Biden that Becerra spoke “in his official capacity” at an awards gala in September of 2022, breaking the law.
“As explained in the accompanying report, OSC concluded that Secretary Becerra violated the Hatch Act by expressing support for Senator Alex Padilla’s reelection while speaking in his official capacity at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Annual Awards Gala on September 15, 2022,” Kerner wrote.
“In delivering his speech, Secretary Becerra impermissibly mixed his personal electoral preference with official remarks,” the letter continued. “While federal employees are permitted to express support for candidates when speaking in their personal capacity, the Hatch Act restricts employees from doing so when speaking as a government official.”
OSC says Sect. Becerra violated the Hatch Act. pic.twitter.com/Cyh5wWIA06
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 18, 2023
“With a presidential election approaching next year, this report offers an opportunity to deter violations by reminding federal employees at all levels of the Hatch Act’s restrictions.” (RELATED: Biden HHS Secretary Unable To Say How Many Gov’t Workers Actually Show Up To Work In Federal Buildings)
Becerra said he regrets his “inadvertent violation,” according to The Washington Post.
“While I did not realize at the time that my off-the-cuff remarks concerning my personal voting intentions were in violation of the Hatch Act, I now understand why they were not permitted.”
DOH-J-——😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
But of course in a day or two (after someone in corrupt Joe’s administration has some “discussions” with him), Kerner will say “Beccaria violated the Hatch Act, but no reasonable prosecutor would pursue this case” and shut down the whole thing.
Back when Clinton was first elected, 1992, I was working as civilian contractor on a Navy Base.
A woman who worked on the base was fired for violation of the Hatch Act because she campaigned with a sign outside the front gate which was on a public sidewalk and main roadway.
She would just stand a wave at the incoming personnel in the mornings and outgoing in the evenings...............
...and?
he said he was sorry..................
Is there a penalty for this violation or is it just a stern letter?
He’s a Democrat.
No harm, no foul.........................
“But he didn’t MEAN to. So we told him not to do it again, and sent him on his way”
Mr. Special Counsel will be taking flying lessons out the 41st floor, somewhere, and soon.
Well then... All is good in the world.
Xavier, the guy who made the House Democrat hard drive disappear in the Awan Brothers case.
Well then, why isn’t he in the clink??
Wake me when someone with some balls, does something!
Nothing will happen to him. You or I would immediately be fired, lose our clearance AND be charged and convicted of a crime which would leave us with a criminal record.
But there is no two-tiered criminal justice system in this country, is there.
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