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WASHINGTON An independent government agency will investigate whether Education Secretary Betsy DeVos breached a law forbidding federal employees from engaging in political activities on the job after her department distributed a clip of Ms. DeVos criticizing the Democratic presidential nominee, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., through government channels.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which has jurisdiction to investigate violations of the law, known as the Hatch Act, will conduct the inquiry, according to the investigative watchdog blog that filed the complaint.
The revelation is the latest in a string of Trump administration officials to face accusations of breaching the government ethics law. But the power to levy penalties on officials like Ms. DeVos falls to President Trump, and he has shown little inclination to mete out punishment or follow the offices recommendations.
The complaint stems from an appearance by Ms. DeVos on Fox News this month, when the secretary said Mr. Bidens pledge to abandon her school-choice policies was shameful. She claimed that he had turned his back on the kids and turned his face in favor of the teachers union and its demands.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/devos-to-be-investigated-for-potential-violation-of-ethics-law/ar-BB19hzit?li=BBorjTa&ocid=DELLDHP
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)If the head of the Office of Special Counsel is in any way a careerist with DOJ, that person is going to be reassigned quite soon, and a pliable hack will be installed to stop this from going anywhere.
Midnight Writer
(21,843 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)strand of limp spaghetti.
maxsolomon
(33,449 posts)Laws are for Democrats.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)That and $2 will buy you a cup of coffee ☕️.
DFW
(54,495 posts)Anyone wondering if there will be any consequences can stop right there.