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Former WH attorneys call for top Trump adviser to be fired over alleged Hatch Act violation
Former WH attorneys call for top Trump adviser to be fired over alleged Hatch Act violationThe former chief ethics attorney for former President George W. Bush is calling on a top Trump adviser to be fired after allegedly violating the Hatch Act.
The alleged violation centers around a tweet that Trump senior adviser Dan Scavino made Saturday when he labeled Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) a “liability” and called on him to be primaried in next year’s congressional elections.
Scavino was lashing out at Amash for being a member of the House Freedom Caucus, the conservative wing of the House that the Trump administration has been bashing after their recent failure to pass health care reform. But according to Richard Painter, a University of Minnesota law professor who served as the chief ethics lawyer for the Bush White House from 2005 to 2007, Scavino violated federal law with the tweet.
“Look at the official photo on this page. Read the Hatch Act and fire this man NOW. Someone call OSC,” .........
The alleged violation centers around a tweet that Trump senior adviser Dan Scavino made Saturday when he labeled Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) a “liability” and called on him to be primaried in next year’s congressional elections.
Scavino was lashing out at Amash for being a member of the House Freedom Caucus, the conservative wing of the House that the Trump administration has been bashing after their recent failure to pass health care reform. But according to Richard Painter, a University of Minnesota law professor who served as the chief ethics lawyer for the Bush White House from 2005 to 2007, Scavino violated federal law with the tweet.
“Look at the official photo on this page. Read the Hatch Act and fire this man NOW. Someone call OSC,” .........
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