The House Oversight and Reform Committee will vote to authorize a subpoena for White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday if she does not show up for the panel’s hearing
on her alleged violations of the Hatch Act, according to aThe U.S. Office of Special Counsel has cited Conway for multiple violations of the Hatch Act, and earlier this month, Special Counsel Henry J. Kerner recommended that President Donald Trump terminate her White House employment.Rep. Elijah Cummings , the chairman of the committee, invited both Kerner and Conway to attend Wednesday’s hearing. Cummings asked Conway to inform the panel by Monday at 5 p.m. whether she plans to attend.
Conway has grown defiant over the multiple alleged violations of the Hatch Act. Last month, she brushed off the allegations, telling reporters, “If you’re trying to silence me through the Hatch Act, it’s not going to work.” She also joked about the law, saying, “Let me know when the jail sentence starts.”
The OSC first dinged Conway for Hatch Act violations after she commented on the Alabama Senate race in 2017. More recently, the OSC said, Conway was improperly using her White House position to weigh in on the 2020 presidential race.
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