Liberals are used to breaking the law and getting away with it. For the past week, some top Obama officials have expressed support for Hillary Clinton, the notorious law-breaker. Turns out, that’s a legal problem.
Weasel Zippers reports via The Blaze:
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has secured endorsements from several of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet members, including Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
These officials and any others should proceed with caution, warned former Iowa U.S. Attorney Matthew Whitaker in a letter to each Cabinet secretary Monday.
In 2012, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel cited then-Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for violating the Hatch Act, which restricts political activity of federal employees. Sebelius, while giving a speech in North Carolina under her official capacity as a Cabinet secretary, called for voters to support President Barack Obama’s re-election and to back the state’s Democratic candidate for governor.
In citing the violation, the Office of Legal Counsel advised the White House to “remind federal employees of the complex Hatch Act restrictions.”
“Reports that the White House has not given any formal guidance to Cabinet members when it comes to engaging in presidential politics is very troubling,” said Whitaker, executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust.
We can basically expect a little slap on the wrist, kind of like the one Hillary has gotten.
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