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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSarah 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/
niyad
(113,229 posts)sarah, you little twit, what would you know about the corporate policies of espn?
iluvtennis
(19,844 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)Not.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)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)Sarah Huckleberry Sanders needs a lesson in STFUing, I believe.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Initech
(100,060 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)honey bucket
(5 posts)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)The self cringing is hilarious though. Deep down, even she knows she's full of shit.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)...but her whole being reeks of Tells. Deep inside she knows she is betraying the truth.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,841 posts)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.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)tblue37
(65,289 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,273 posts)you know the rest.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,169 posts)mbusby
(823 posts)...probably only if Trump was blind.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)It looks like her. A tad heavier than she is now but her right eye and brow are the same.
demmiblue
(36,838 posts)oasis
(49,370 posts)tiredtoo
(2,949 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,969 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)TNNurse
(6,926 posts)but we have Jefferson Beauregard Sessions instead.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)PJMcK
(22,025 posts)Enoki33
(1,587 posts)someone who claims to be a Christian.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)is someone going to do something about it?
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)FarPoint
(12,316 posts)She's pandering to their abusive base of domestic violence/ racist thugs they call supporters
madaboutharry
(40,203 posts)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.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Are you sure?
madaboutharry
(40,203 posts)She turned 35 last month.