Kellyanne Conway Had More Hatch Act Violation Reports Filed Against Her Than Anyone Else in 30 Years
Source: Newsweek
KELLYANNE CONWAY HAD MORE HATCH ACT VIOLATION REPORTS FILED AGAINST HER THAN ANYONE ELSE IN 30 YEARS
BY JESSICA KWONG ON 6/26/19 AT 1:49 PM EDT
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform voted 25-16, largely along party lines, to issue a subpoena for Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway after she failed to appear for a hearing Wednesday on charges she violated the Hatch Act dozens of times.
During the hearing, Special Counsel Henry Kerner, who recommended that Conway be removed from federal service, said that the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) had "never issued two reports on the same person" in the 30 years it has been independent, before Conway. No one before Conway had repeated violations of the law prohibiting executive branch employees from using their official position to influence an election, Kerner said.
The House Oversight Committee hearing continued more than two hours after the subpoena vote, with Democrats calling for consequences for Conway and Republicans challenging Kerner on the OSC's assessment and claiming it is a distraction from issues that really matter to Americans.
"We have one standard for Kellyanne Conway and another standard for everyone else," Republican Senator Mark Meadows said, adding that the committee should subpoena former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power for apparently going after President Donald Trump while working for the government.
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