NEW SCANDAL SURFACES -- White House Sued For Possible Hatch Act Violations – Using Influence To Affect Federal Elections


We really need to catalog all the scandals… (Nickarama)

Via WFB:
A watchdog group is suing the Obama administration for records on an investigation into possible Hatch Act violations by former White House staff members Rahm Emanuel and Jim Messina.
Judicial Watch announced Thursday it has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for records on its investigation into former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina, whom the watchdog group alleges used their positions as high-level administration officials in 2009 to affect federal elections.
The Hatch Act states that an employee may not “use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election.”
Judicial Watch alleges that Emanuel was involved in offering Rep. Joe Sestak (D., Pa.) several executive branch positions if he declined to challenge Sen. Arlen Specter (D., Pa.) in Pennsylvania’s 2010 Democratic primary.

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