"In any other administration, Kellyanne Conway would’ve been fired," Sen. Richard Blumenthal said after announcing the new legislation.
A group of Democratic lawmakers introduced new legislation on Wednesday to close loopholes that protect senior presidential appointees from being fired or disciplined under the Hatch Act.
“Kellyanne Conway’s more than 25 flagrant violations of the Hatch Act and the President’s refusal to terminate her highlight a glaring failure in our system of oversight for federal employees,” Speier said in a statement on Wednesday. “If Ms. Conway wants to provide political spin on TV, she has the right to do so — but not on the taxpayer’s dime.”
The Trump administration, however, declined to terminate her, instead firing back and accusing the OSC of “weaponizing” the law amid pressure from the media and liberal activists. “The fish rots from the head, and since we clearly can’t expect the Grifter-in-Chief to discipline his lackeys, the Office of Special Counsel need real tools to ensure accountability instead,” the senator tweeted.
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