Joe Biden’s Chief of Staff, Ron Klain, got himself into some trouble.
It has been confirmed that Joe Biden violated the Hatch Act.
Unfortunately, the government is so corrupt, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has decided not to discipline Klain.
Confirmed
Sadly, it was not the OCS that detected the violation.
The complaint was submitted by the America First Legal Foundation, a pro-Trump group.
Considering how harshly the OCS reacted to Trump staffers violating the Hatch Act, we had hoped for a bit more here.
One former Trump staffer was barred from federal employment after a violation.
Kellyanne Conway was also recommended to be removed from her position after Hatch Act violations were reported.
So, what did Ron Klain get?
A warning.
The OCS stated, “Although OSC has concluded that Mr. Klain violated the Hatch Act, as explained below, we have decided not to pursue disciplinary action and instead issued him a warning letter.”
Ana Galindo-Marrone, chief of the Hatch Act Unit at the OSC, stated, “Strike PAC’s message thanking President Biden served to further the group’s nationalized strategy of promoting Democrats as the party that delivers on its promises to voters. By retweeting this message, Mr. Klain used his official Twitter account to promote a partisan political group’s interests and, therefore, OSC has concluded that he violated the Hatch Act’s use of official authority prohibition.
“In addition, Strike PAC’s tweet constituted a solicitation for political contributions because it encouraged others to buy the group’s merchandise.
“A political contribution is defined as any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value, made for any political purpose (i.e., to promote or oppose a partisan political group).
“The sale of Strike PAC’s merchandise supports the group’s objective of electing Democrats, and so the purchase price is a political contribution for purposes of the Hatch Act.
“Thus, Strike PAC’s tweet solicited political contributions, and because Mr. Klain retweeted this message, he also violated the Hatch Act’s solicitation prohibition.
“Mr. Klain has been warned that if in the future he engages in activity prohibited by the Hatch Act while employed in a covered position, OSC would consider such activity to be a willful and knowing violation of the law that could result in disciplinary action.”
Source: New York Post
