Office of Special Counsel widens Pompeo probe into Hatch Act violations

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The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has launched a probe into whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo violated the Hatch Act by delivering prerecorded remarks to the Republican National Convention while on official diplomatic travel in Israel, top Democratic House lawmakers said on Monday.

"Our offices have confirmed that the Office of Special Counsel has launched a probe into potential Hatch Act violations tied to Secretary Pompeo's speech to the Republican National Convention," Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, said in a statement.

Pompeo has defended his convention participation, saying he took part in his personal capacity and not as part of official business. He said his remarks were also cleared by lawyers at the State Department.

But Democrats have homed in on what they say is Pompeo's obvious politicization of the State Department, arguing that his speech to the convention, recorded from Jerusalem and while on official diplomatic travel, was in violation of the Hatch Act and the secretary's own State Department guidelines prohibiting staff from participating in partisan events.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/office-of-special-counsel-widens-pompeo-probe-into-hatch-act-violations/ar-BB1apwW2?li=BBnb7Kz

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1. It's long past time to put some teeth into the Hatch act...

1st violation: written warning in your file along with a letter explaining what you did wrong, and the penalties for further violations.

2nd violation: $10,000 fine, with the same letters as above.

3rd violation: $100,000 fine, 5 days in jail, and the same letters as above.

4th violation: $1,000,000 fine, 60 days in jail.

If there is a 5th violation, put them against a wall, and hand them a cigarette.