{"id":1946125,"date":"2023-06-14T02:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T06:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-suggests-special-counsel-got-hatch-act-ruling-wrong\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T02:14:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T06:14:28","slug":"bidens-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-suggests-special-counsel-got-hatch-act-ruling-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-suggests-special-counsel-got-hatch-act-ruling-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Press Secretary questions Special Counsel&#8217;s Hatch Act ruling."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-suggests-special-counsel-got-hatch-act-ruling-wrong%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1946125&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<div>\n<h2>White House Press Secretary Violates Ethics Laws<\/h2>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, has been found to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-press-secretary-karine-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-says-shed-be-happy-to-take-on-kayleigh-mcenany-on-fox-news\/\" title=\"Jen Psaki Says She\u2019d Be \u2018Happy\u2019 To Take On Kayleigh McEnany On Fox News\u00a0\">jean-pierre<\/a>-suggests-special-counsel-got-hatch-act-ruling-wrong\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Biden&#8217;s Press Secretary questions Special Counsel&#8217;s Hatch Act ruling.&#8221;>violated federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-financial-disclosures-show-millions-in-income-from-stocks-including-oil-companies\/\" title=\"John Kerry Financial Disclosures Show Millions in Income From Stocks, Including Oil Companies\">ethics laws<\/a><\/a> by using the term &#8220;MAGA Republicans&#8221; during official press briefings. The Office of Special Counsel announced that Jean-Pierre engaged in partisan politics from the White House podium, which is a clear violation of ethics laws.<\/p>\n<h3>Reviewing the Finding<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jean-Pierre&#8217;s defense is that she was given permission to use the term by other White House officials and that the administration&#8217;s lawyers are &#8220;reviewing&#8221; the finding. She did not rule out using the term again in the future.<\/p>\n<h3>Violation of the Hatch Act<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Office of Special Counsel found that Jean-Pierre violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-liberal-watchdog-group-files-hatch-act-complaint-against-jen-psaki\/\" title=\"Prominent Liberal Watchdog Group Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Jen Psaki\">official authority<\/a> or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election. The agency will not take action against Jean-Pierre for the violation.<\/p>\n<h3>Context of the Term<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jean-Pierre argued that the term &#8220;MAGA&#8221; is often used by Republican legislators to refer to their policies and values, rather than a partisan political context. However, the Office of Special Counsel found that Jean-Pierre made the statements while acting in her official capacity, which is a clear violation of ethics laws.<\/p>\n<h3>Repeat Offender<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jean-Pierre is not the first high-profile administration official to violate the Hatch Act since Biden took office. Others include former White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, former White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.<\/p>\n<h3>Investigation by Ethics Watchdog Group<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Office of Special Counsel investigated Jean-Pierre&#8217;s comments in response to a complaint filed by Protect the Public&#8217;s Trust, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-questions-raised-about-bidens-son-in-laws-investments-in-covid-19-response\/\" title=\"Ethics Questions Raised about Biden\u2019s Son-in-Law\u2019s Investments in Covid-19 Response\">ethics watchdog group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>partisan politics. A watchdog group accused Jean-Pierre of violating ethics laws by using political language while speaking from the White House. She denies engaging in partisan politics and says the matter is under review by administration lawyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":1946126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[3706,15065,24666,4604,4245,5782,3779,7262],"class_list":["post-1946125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-bidens","tag-counsels","tag-hatch","tag-press","tag-questions","tag-ruling","tag-secretary","tag-special"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1946125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1946126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1946125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1946125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1946125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}