Painter:Kellyanne Conway Broke the Law Attacking Joe Biden in White House Driveway and Should Be Fir

[Eugene]

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Source: Newsweek

KELLYANNE CONWAY BROKE THE LAW ATTACKING JOE BIDEN IN WHITE HOUSE DRIVEWAY AND SHOULD BE FIRED: BUSH ETHICS CHIEF

BY JESSICA KWONG ON 5/2/19 AT 11:13 AM EDT

A chief ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush accused Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway of breaking federal law yet again for bashing former Vice President and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on the White House driveway the past two days.

Conway, while speaking to reporters on Tuesday and Wednesday, talked down Biden. Former ethics chief Richard Painter flagged these actions as violations of the Hatch Act, which prohibits government employees other than elected officials from using their official positions to influence the result of an election.

“Oh we must be worried about Biden,” Conway said on Wednesday. “Look at what Kellyanne said today, so thanks for the free commercial on all the things Joe Biden didn’t get done for the eight years he was vice president.”

Painter told Newsweek on Thursday that Conway is “obviously attacking Joe Biden,” and, “this is a slam dunk Hatch Act violation.”

“She did it before, she got away with it when she trashed Doug Jones, and goes to the exact same spot trashing Joe Biden,” Painter said, referring to late 2017 when Conway slammed then-Senate candidate Democrat Doug Jones in front of the White House.

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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/kellyanne-conway-broke-law-hatch-act-violation-joe-biden-1412883

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Lock her up! Lock her up!

[Blue Owl]

2. ...and right in that sacred space where Joe used to wash his white Trans Am...

Shame on her!

[Eugene]

3. Thanks for making me Google that.

[enough]

4. These quaint old laws don't apply to Trumpites. That's a fact, not sarcasm. NT

[yaesu]

5. Laws? There are no laws in the fascist tRump state unless you steal a loaf of bread

to feed your family then you will so the full force of fascist justice.

[DURHAM D]

6. Lawrence O'Donnell reported on this Hatch Act violation

the same day it happened.

[FakeNoose]

8. Yes he did, I saw him too

Lawrence has the advantage of coming on late, so he can remark on stuff the earlier hosts don't have access to. It usually works to Rachel's benefit too. They both have long days, and their shows are top-notch.

[trickyguy]

14. I'm a Rachel fan but I really like Lawrence. He's the Edward R. Murrow of our day.

[Chin music]

26. He is a great writer too.

An easy, and entrancing style.

[NYMinute]

7. Lock her up!! nt

[machoneman]

9. Sorry! No teeth whatsoever in Hatch Act violations. Sad but true!

We need to put in serious jail time provisions for such violations when we regain the Senate and Presidency.

[Tarc]

10. the long title is misteading, since it was cut off

It makes it look as if Bush said it.

[Eugene]

13. Noted. I've edited the thread title for proper attribution.

[BigmanPigman]

11. Ethics? THIS White House?!?!?!

HA!

I wrote to good ol' Walter Schaub, the Ethic Chief from Obama's tenure, right before the 2017 inauguration, asking him to look into the emoluments clause being broken right and left. The poor man left about two weeks later. The fucking moron "don't care 'bout no stinkin' laws and rules" (add spitting here for affect).

[pdsimdars]

12. That is what Lawrence O'Donnell reported on his show last night. Looks like someone was watching.

[trickyguy]

16. Yes, I was watching Lawrence. His voice has a calming effect on me even if it's "hard" news.

[Cha]

15. And, great PR for Biden. Oh and

good luck getting sewerat Barbie Fired!

[11 Bravo]

17. She will never be fired, but Dems have enough to put her bony ass in jail.

[trickyguy]

19. What are you talking about? Please explain your accusations.

[11 Bravo]

21. Explain that Conway is routinely in open violation of the Hatch Act? OK.

She is routinely in open violation of the Hatch Act.

I hope that helps. (And don't be mad.)

[trickyguy]

22. Yes, sorry Bravo. I just realized you were refering to the OP.

[11 Bravo]

25. No problem.

[hughee99]

30. I don't believe jail time is one of the penalties

For hatch act violations.

https://hatchact.uslegal.com/penalties/

[Mr.Bill]

18. I'm sure she was only joking.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. That's a tRump trick: so many violations nobody bothers prosecuting any of them. . . . nt

[11 Bravo]

24. Exactly! Break the law brazenly and continuously ...

snivel about "harassment" when called on it, and then count on scandal fatigue on the part of low-information voters.

[LiberalLovinLug]

23. If they are going to let Barr slide, they're not even going to bat an eye at this

[YOHABLO]

27. The Constitution and the rule of law has completely been destroyed.

Who's going after a Trump puppet?

[Chin music]

28. Desensitization of law breaking.

She knows she got away with it before so she's doing it again. This is why when someone shows you who they are, the first time, and it's bad, don't wait, be brave, and act boldly. Arrest them and give them a summons to appear like anyone else. They'd make bail.

[keithbvadu2]

29. Like Sarah Huck, KA is not doing the job she is paid to do. She is doing the job Trump hired her to

Like Sarah Huck, KA is not doing the job she is paid to do. She is doing the job Trump hired her to do.