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Watchdog agency beefs up Hatch Act to clamp down on political activity by White House officials
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0:38Now PlayingWhite House officials who break the law by engaging in political activity in their roles will soon start facing actual consequences.
The Office of Special Counsel, tasked with enforcing the Hatch Act, moved to close a “loophole” in which the president had the sole prerogative to pursue or ignore infractions.
In a new enforcement guideline rolled out Monday, violations by White House officials will instead be adjudicated by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), which can then levy penalties.
“Senior White House personnel (including assistants to the president and others deemed commissioned officers) aren’t being subjected to the law’s full enforcement. Today, that changes,” Hampton Dellinger, head of the OSC, wrote in a Politico piece.
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