Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary, just got bad news.
Psaki is accused in Virginia of running for Democrat Terry McAuliffe.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics filed an ethics complaint about violating Hatch Act.
An ethics complaint was filed for violating the Hatch Act by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW).
Check Out The Tweet Here:
BREAKING: We just filed a Hatch Act complaint against Jen Psaki, because no administration is above the law https://t.co/BzwBa6Cd9x
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 15, 2021
The group tweeted, “We just filed Hatch Act complaints against Jen Psaki because no administration is above law.”
The watchdog group stated that Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary, appears to have violated Hatch Act by endorsing Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial campaign for Virginia from the podium of the White House Briefing Room.
“During a press briefing, Psaki said of McAuliffe, ‘we’re going to do everything we can to help former Governor McAuliffe, and we believe in the agenda he’s representing.’ That appears to be an endorsement of his candidacy.”
“The Hatch Act prohibits executive branch employees from ‘us[ing their] official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election.’”
The group concluded that “Political Activity” is defined as “an activity directed towards the success or failure a political party or candidate for partisan office or partisan group”.
