White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway Violated Hatch Act, Federal Investigator Says
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Trump, violated federal law on two occasions by making public comments supportive of one candidate and against another ahead of a special Senate election in Alabama last year, a federal investigator said Tuesday.
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Under the law, federal officials may express their political views as private citizens, but not in their government roles. That includes comments that could influence elections, the report says.
The law is intended to “prevent the impression that the executive branch and the tools of the executive branch are being used to promote political agendas,” said Mark M. Lee, a former federal prosecutor.
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"White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway Violated Hatch Act, Federal Investigator Says," by Michelle Ye Hee Lee was published in the Washington Post on March 6, 2018.