Kellyanne Conway Hit With ‘Hatch Act’ Violations, “Appropriate Discipline” Recommended
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Tue, 03/06/2018
Update: The White House has rejected the ethics allegations against Conway, saying “Kellyanne Conway did not advocate for or against the election of any particular candidate. She simply expressed the President’s obvious position that he have people in the House and Senate who support his agenda. In fact, Kellyanne’s statements actually show her intention and desire to comply with the Hatch Act – as she twice declined to respond to the host’s specific invitation to encourage Alabamans to vote for the Republican,” Hogan Gidley Dep. Press Sec.
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Less than a week after Hope Hicks, one of the most prominent women serving in the senior ranks of the White House staff, announced that she’s planning on leaving the West Wing, The Office Of Special Counsel has released a statement attacking Kellyanne Conway – not for anything related to the Russia probe, of course, but instead for the serious sin of uttering a partisan opinion on a cable news show.
According to a statement released by the Office of the Special Counsel, On Nov. 20 and Dec. 6 2017, Conway appeared to try and influence a partisan election while serving in her “official capacity” as a “commissioned officer” of the West Wing.
Subsequently, the special counsel’s office decided there was grounds to accuse her of violating the Hatch Act, and are recommending that the president punish her. They made their recommendation in a report submitted to the president.
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