HHS Secretary Sebelius Violated Law With Political Speech
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, broke a law that restricts political activity by government employees when she called for President Barack Obama’s re-election in a February speech, government lawyers found.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel didn’t recommend any punishment for Sebelius, who apologized and met with ethics experts “to ensure this never happens again,” White House spokesman Eric Schultz said in an e-mail.
During a speech in Charlotte, North Carolina, hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, a gay-rights advocacy group, Sebelius called for Obama’s re-election and for the election of a Democratic governor in the state. The Office of Special Counsel received complaints about the remarks in March and began an investigation, it said in a report.
“I clearly made a mistake,” Sebelius told investigators, according to their report. “I was not intending to use an official capacity to do a political event. I think it veered into political space at an official event and I regret that it occurred.”
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NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! This Obama admin scandal can't be happening two months before Election Day!
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