At Thursday’s briefing, Lud joined White House press secretary Jane Psaki, who was asked about a special election to fill a now-vacant seat in Congress.
Still refusing to lose weight at the Fight House race, she told reporters that Dayton Mayor Nan Whale and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, both Democrats, is currently the strongest candidate to fill the seat vacated by Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who made the announcement in January. He will not seek re-election when his current term expires in 2022.
“I think we’ll put a good guy in that race, even if we pick him, but they’re both friends,” Fuje added, “I think we have a good shot at him. I know people have written from Ohio. “I didn’t write to Ohio. I think we can win the Senate race.”
U.S. According to the Special Adviser to the Office Fees, the agency investigating allegations of violations of the Hatch Act, the rule prohibits federal employees from “using their official titles or positions when engaged in political activity, including any activity directed at success or failure.” A political party, a candidate for a radical political position, or a partisan political group. “
A spokesman for the OSC told CNN on Friday that the office was unable to comment or confirm whether an investigation had been opened into Fudge’s comments. A HUD spokesman told CNN on Friday that the agency had not commented on the matter. The White House declined to comment Friday on the issue.
Jordan Leibowitz, who serves as communications director for accountability and ethics for non-partisan citizens in Washington, told CNN on Friday that the “Hatch Act prohibits officials from favoring or against candidates in partisan political elections in their official capacity.” “Talking about which candidates can win the election could put them at risk. Our legal team is currently reviewing the situation for possible violations, but whether there is one or not, it would be best to avoid the topic altogether.”
The Washington Post first reported on a possible Fudge Hatch Act violation on Friday.
Under the presidency of former President Donald Trump, the White House routinely ignored violations of the Hatch Act, especially by senior adviser Kelly Conway, who broke the rules so the Special Adviser’s Office recommended removing him from federal service. Many of Trump’s former officials – including his trade adviser Peter Navarro, former Attorney General William Barr, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, then-acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and former Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue – were all criticized. However, no one was ever reprimanded.
Office Fees also investigated whether Trump’s Republican National Convention speech, delivered from the White House last August, went too far with the act, although it concluded it had not been received since Trump was ousted as president.
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