So today the Office of Special Counsel that has nothing to do with Mueller has found that Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act, twice, and have submitted her for disciplinary action to Trump.
The US Office of Special Counsel says White House aide Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act https://t.co/8L5G9jhzOS pic.twitter.com/DpGLGQHuin
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 6, 2018
The US Office of Special Counsel says WH aide Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act on two occasions — interviews on CNN and Fox — last year when she advocated for and against candidates in the Alabama Senate special election.
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) March 6, 2018
Here’s the letter from the OSC (click to enlarge):
Here’s more from CNN:
In a new report, the OSC special counsel, Henry Kerner, pointed to Conway’s TV interviews conducted in her “official capacity” in November and December of last year. The agency said Conway “impermissibly mixed official government business with political views about candidates in the Alabama special election.”
One of the two interviews was on CNN’s “New Day,” and the second was on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”
In a letter to President Donald Trump, Kerner said he is referring her violations for the President’s “consideration of appropriate disciplinary action.”
Of course this is now trending on Twitter like it’s the biggest news of the day or something. When in reality, according to Ed Morrissey, this is really a nothing burger:
This one is just shy of nothingburger status, too. https://t.co/SCeKbaRfmD
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) March 6, 2018
As he explains in his writeup:
No, it’s the other Office of Special Counsel, not Robert Mueller, and it’s not going to get anyone prosecuted either. Kellyanne Conway should prepare herself to get — at most — a not-so-strongly-worded memo dropped into her employment file at the White House.
So there you go. Nothing to see here…really.