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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 02:14 PM Sep 2017

Sarah Huckabee Sanders' remarks RE: ESPN could qualify for a fine, 15 years in prison, or both



White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was in dubious legal territory on Wednesday when she essentially called for ESPN host Jemele Hill to be fired, according to former Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub.

Hill recently called President Donald Trump a "white supremacist" in a tweet, which Sanders described as a "fireable offense" during a press conference on Wednesday.

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This law essentially states certain government employees -- including the president, vice president and "any other executive branch employee" -- are prohibited from influencing the employment decisions or practices of a private entity (such as ESPN) "solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation."

Breaking this law can lead to a fine or imprisonment up to 15 years -- possibly both -- and could lead to disqualification from "holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States."

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/did-sarah-huckabee-sanders-break-the-law/
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders' remarks RE: ESPN could qualify for a fine, 15 years in prison, or both (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 2017 OP
may it be so!! niyad Sep 2017 #1
Agree. Make it so! iluvtennis Sep 2017 #17
I'm sure Jeff Sessions will get right on it. Bleacher Creature Sep 2017 #2
Yep Pacifist Patriot Sep 2017 #5
Bring it on! An indictment would be terrific. MineralMan Sep 2017 #3
Well, finally...someone qualified. n/t Orsino Sep 2017 #4
Lock her up!!!! Initech Sep 2017 #6
So, what SHE said is the fireable offense. Bye, bye Sarah. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #7
Lock her up!! Historic NY Sep 2017 #8
Yup. It's "clean and clear" as Sarah would say! SunSeeker Sep 2017 #9
Sarah Sanders comments honey bucket Sep 2017 #10
She can't hide that lying eye... czarjak Sep 2017 #13
Yes, she does. She cannot admit it to her conscious mind, but... Achilleaze Sep 2017 #15
I dunno. I rather suspect that people like her PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #18
Lol. flibbitygiblets Sep 2017 #32
I call her Pearl Pureheart, because of the way her ears stick out of her hair: tblue37 Sep 2017 #31
As a Trump employee she could shoot somebody on 5th Avenue and... Mr.Bill Sep 2017 #11
..... LiberalLovinLug Sep 2017 #12
I dunno... mbusby Sep 2017 #22
lofl uponit7771 Sep 2017 #30
Is that Huckabee? Control-Z Sep 2017 #33
No. It is a Photoshop of her head on another woman's body. n/t demmiblue Sep 2017 #37
Gulp! Where's the nearest exit? oasis Sep 2017 #36
Lock her up, Lock her up! N/T tiredtoo Sep 2017 #14
IARIYAR forever. she will get away w/ it. pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #16
Laws don't apply to them SHRED Sep 2017 #19
We have the power to make them apply! The Wielding Truth Sep 2017 #26
If we only had a Department of Justice.... TNNurse Sep 2017 #20
If Hillary had done this there would be an FBI investigation underway. (eom) StevieM Sep 2017 #21
And Congressional hearings (n/t) PJMcK Sep 2017 #39
All part of the rule not govern temperament. And from Enoki33 Sep 2017 #23
All well and good -- but when RandomAccess Sep 2017 #24
A month in prison should really open her eye. SaschaHM Sep 2017 #25
Satan, go fuck yourself shenmue Sep 2017 #27
She makes this up.... FarPoint Sep 2017 #28
Some higher up told her to go out and say that. madaboutharry Sep 2017 #29
She's only 34? Control-Z Sep 2017 #34
She just had a birthday, so she is now 35. madaboutharry Sep 2017 #35
Who will play her on SNL? yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2017 #38

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
5. Yep
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 02:39 PM
Sep 2017

Another story about a member of the Trump administration blatantly violating a law that comes with a prison sentence where not a damn thing will be done about it.

MineralMan

(146,284 posts)
3. Bring it on! An indictment would be terrific.
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 02:19 PM
Sep 2017

Sarah Huckleberry Sanders needs a lesson in STFUing, I believe.

 

honey bucket

(5 posts)
10. Sarah Sanders comments
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 03:04 PM
Sep 2017

Sara Wonk eye Huckabee Slanders is a graduate of religious college and you know they don't teach much about real life there. She should be charged with felony for this and Mr. Mueller should look into her lying for Traitor don.

czarjak

(11,266 posts)
13. She can't hide that lying eye...
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 03:21 PM
Sep 2017

The self cringing is hilarious though. Deep down, even she knows she's full of shit.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
15. Yes, she does. She cannot admit it to her conscious mind, but...
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 03:38 PM
Sep 2017

...but her whole being reeks of Tells. Deep inside she knows she is betraying the truth.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,841 posts)
18. I dunno. I rather suspect that people like her
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 04:35 PM
Sep 2017

actually believe what they say.

Alternatively, we can ask her to show us the fine print in the Commandment about not bearing false witness that allows her to say such untrue things.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
33. Is that Huckabee?
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 01:13 PM
Sep 2017

It looks like her. A tad heavier than she is now but her right eye and brow are the same.

FarPoint

(12,316 posts)
28. She makes this up....
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 09:13 PM
Sep 2017

She's pandering to their abusive base of domestic violence/ racist thugs they call supporters

madaboutharry

(40,203 posts)
29. Some higher up told her to go out and say that.
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 10:23 PM
Sep 2017

This White House is run by amateurs.

I know this has no relevance and is petty, but I don't understand why a 34-year old woman dresses like she's 80.

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