Top White House and Small Business Administration officials appear to have violated a law intended to limit staffers from engaging in political activities.
appear to have violated a federal law restricting government staffers from engaging in certain political activities, according to a watchdog group.
Internal emails obtained by Protect the Public’s Trust, a group investigating apparent conflicts of interest, show that both White House and SBA officials have frequently used official resources to communicate about former President Donald Trump’s campaign phrase “,” or Make America Great Again.
“This continual apparent disregard of the Hatch Act shows why it’s needed in the first place,” said director Michael Chamberlain of Protect the Public’s Trust, a group that previously argued White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre skirted the Hatch Act, leading to the Office of Special Counsel“American citizens don’t pay their public servants to wage a permanent political campaign while disparaging their opponents,” said Chamberlain, who worked in the Department of Education under Trump.
The Hatch Act, which went into effect in 1939, aims to ensure taxpayer-backed programs are nonpartisan and not tools for the government to engage in political coercion. It has been routinely violated in prior administrations, including under Trump, In the complaint, Chamberlain’s group cited how federal employees may not use their “email account or social media to distribute, send, or forward content that advocates for or against a partisan political party, candidate for partisan political office, or partisan political group.
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