Biden administration ousts Senate candidates Oz and Walker from US fitness council
Donald Trump had appointed both Senate hopefuls to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition before he left office.
By Josh Israel - March 24, 2022
Donald Trump had appointed both Senate hopefuls to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition before he left office.
By Josh Israel - March 24, 2022
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik wants to defund National Public Radio and take away its tax-exempt status.
By Josh Israel - November 15, 2021
Thousands of tweets and lies later, Trump will officially be booted from the White House at noon on Jan. 20.
By Emily Singer - December 24, 2020
A watchdog group said Trump’s administration is ‘full of people illegally using their government positions to influence an election.’
By Associated Press - December 08, 2020
Kayleigh McEnany told ‘Fox & Friends’ to ask the White House about Trump’s blocking of the Biden transition.
By Emily Singer - November 12, 2020
Kayleigh McEnany is again blurring the line between her job and her political work.
By Josh Israel - November 09, 2020
More than a dozen Trump administration officials have violated the rule by using their positions for political gain.
By Donna Provencher - October 26, 2020
Trump is significantly behind Joe Biden in both fundraising and polling.
By Oliver Willis - October 16, 2020
‘We are alarmed that President Trump and some senior administration officials are actively undermining compliance with — and respect for — the law.’
By Associated Press - September 04, 2020
A watchdog complaint says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting Defense Secretary Chad Wolf violated the Hatch Act.
By Associated Press - August 28, 2020
‘If a Democratic president did this, all of us conservatives would explode in rage.’
By Emily Singer - August 28, 2020
The swamp is on full display at the Republican National Convention this week.
By Josh Israel - August 26, 2020
Ignoring the Hatch Act, Trump used a naturalization ceremony at the White House for a Republican National Convention event.
By Lisa Needham - August 25, 2020
Just a few weeks ago, Pompeo sent a memo to staff saying diplomats are not allowed to engage in partisan political activity. Tonight, he’s speaking as part of the Republican National Convention.
By Emily Singer - August 25, 2020
Kellyanne Conway will leave the Trump administration at the end of the month.
By Emily Singer - August 24, 2020
Experts say using the White House for political activity would lead to numerous White House staffers breaking federal law.
By Emily Singer - August 05, 2020
The first daughter posed with a can of Goya beans in apparent violation of an ethics law barring White House staff from promoting products.
By Emily Singer - July 15, 2020
Donald Trump used Monday’s pandemic update to play a video blaming the media for his own failed response.
By Josh Israel - April 14, 2020
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics was forced to file a lawsuit just to get the the Office of the Special Counsel to follow the law.
By Lisa Needham - December 18, 2019
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) is upset that administration officials testifying against Trump are improperly helping the Democrats by making him look bad.
By Josh Israel - November 25, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may be breaking federal law by exploring a Senate run on official time.
By Lisa Needham - October 30, 2019
Two career Department of Defense employees were disciplined for violating the Hatch Act, in stark contrast to political advisers in the White House.
By Lisa Needham - October 23, 2019
A report from a good government group says one of Trump’s top advisers violated the Hatch Act at least 50 times on her Twitter account alone.
By Emily Singer - October 18, 2019
The Office of Special Counsel, an ‘independent agency’ lead by a Trump appointee, found that Lynne Patton violated the Hatch Act, but decided not to punish her for it at all.
By Josh Israel - September 18, 2019
Trump aide Kellyanne Conway repeatedly violated the Hatch Act, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains in just over a minute.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 26, 2019
Conway is whining like a baby about being asked to explain her repeated violations of the Hatch Act.
By Emily Singer - June 24, 2019
Ivanka Trump violated federal law just like Kellyanne Conway did.
By Oliver Willis - June 20, 2019
A House committee is concerned about Conway’s violation of the Hatch Act and her failure to cooperate with Congress.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 14, 2019
Flagrantly breaking the law isn’t a deal breaker for Trump.
By Emily Singer - June 14, 2019
The White House thinks the laws don’t apply to criminals who work for Trump.
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