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turbinetree

(24,688 posts)
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 10:41 PM Jul 2017

Kobach faces complaint over Trump's election commission

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)A legal group filed a complaint Monday against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the vice chair of President Donald Trump's election integrity commission, questioning whether he violated federal law by highlighting his role on the commission in his campaign for Kansas governor in the 2018 election.

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law called on the Justice Department to investigate whether Kobach violated the Hatch Act, a 1939 law intended to keep federal employees from directly supporting candidates, accusing him of using his role on the presidential commission to promote his campaign and solicit contributions.

In its complaint, the legal group outlined several occasions in which it accused Kobach of improperly promoting his role on the commission to bolster his gubernatorial candidacy through social media accounts attributed to his campaign and through his campaign website, in addition to remarks he has made that the group says blurred the line between federal government worker and political candidate.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/politics/kris-kobach-hatch-act/index.html

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Kobach faces complaint over Trump's election commission (Original Post) turbinetree Jul 2017 OP
K & R Fuck him! 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2017 #1
K&R n/t rzemanfl Jul 2017 #2
K&R! gademocrat7 Jul 2017 #3
They are dirty. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #4
I hope the slimy little shit gets squished like WhiteTara Jul 2017 #5
K&R onecaliberal Jul 2017 #6
He should be behind bars for his interstate cross check . geretogo Jul 2017 #7
Huge kick and rec. love_katz Jul 2017 #8
Kobach is violating the Hatch act Gothmog Jul 2017 #9

WhiteTara

(29,699 posts)
5. I hope the slimy little shit gets squished like
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 11:53 PM
Jul 2017

a very nasty bug. His hatred of "other" is a disease that he is trying to spread over our country.

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