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kentuck

(111,098 posts)
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 07:57 AM Nov 2016

What is the Hatch Act?

According to Wikipedia:

The Hatch Act of 1939, officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice-president, and certain designated high-level officials of that branch, from engaging ...

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In regards to the controversy within the FBI, have some agents broken the Hatch Act? Did Comey, himself, break the Hatch Act?

There are reports that several FBI agents were involved politically in attempting to spur on the investigation of Hillary Clinton?

How should this be resolved?

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What is the Hatch Act? (Original Post) kentuck Nov 2016 OP
The federal government has a process BumRushDaShow Nov 2016 #1
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