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March 6, 2018Kellyanne Conway has been referred to President Trump for possible violations of the Hatch Act.
….for this Fox and Friends appearance:
Yeeeahhhhh…. this is problematic.
Oh boy.
You can see where they were asking her to clarify? “So… Vote Roy Moore?”
She seemingly skirted the question… but not quite enough.
A federal agency informed the White House on Tuesday that it has determined top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act on two separate occasions while discussing last year’s contentious Alabama Senate race on television.
The Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency, released a report Tuesday that faults Conway for public comments made during two television appearances, including on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”
“While the Hatch Act allows federal employees to express their views about candidates and political issues as private citizens, it restricts employees from using their official government positions for partisan political purposes, including by trying to influence partisan elections,” the report says.
Walter Shaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics, filed an ethics complaint with the OSC in November accusing Conway of violating the Hatch Act when she spoke about Democratic candidate Doug Jones, who was running against Republican Roy Moore. The law bars most government employees from using their positions to engage in partisan politics.
Appearing on Fox News on Nov. 20, Conway touted President Trump’s tax plan before taking aim at Jones.
“Doug Jones in Alabama, folks, don’t be fooled,” Conway said at the time. “He’ll be a vote against tax cuts. He’s weak on crime, weak on borders. He’s strong on raising your taxes. He’s terrible for property owners. And Doug Jones is a doctrinaire liberal which is why he’s not saying anything and the media are trying to boost him.”
“Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade asked Conway, “So vote Roy Moore?”
Conway replied, “I’m telling you that we want the votes in the Senate to get this tax bill through.”
The report also faults Conway for a Dec. 6 appearance on CNN’s New Day, when also she discussed the race.
The Office of Special Counsel said it submitted the report to President Trump so he could take “appropriate disciplinary action.”
The agency says Conway did not respond to requests from the Office of Special Counsel to respond to the allegations.
“Ms. Conway’s statements during the Fox & Friends and New Day interviews impermissibly mixed official government business with political views about candidates in the Alabama special election for U.S. Senate,” the report states.
Woof.
We’ll keep you updated.
