13 senior Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act, according to a report from the US Office of Special Counsel
Eleven of those senior Trump officials allegedly violated the Hatch Act by"campaigning on behalf of President Trump's reelection" during 18 official interviews or media appearances, and two of them committed violations related to 2020 Republican National Convention, the report said.
Read More"Secretary Pompeo's approval of the change to State Department policy is a similar manipulation of government business to benefit a particular candidate," the report also said. CNN reached out to Pompeo, Miller, and other former senior administration officials for comment on Tuesday.The report comes after a number of Trump administration officials were cited for allegedly violating the Hatch Act while Trump was in office but did not receive consequences.
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