{"id":2470100,"date":"2025-08-02T16:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/office-of-special-counsel-investigating-jack-smith-over-alleged-hatch-act-violations-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T16:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:51:29","slug":"office-of-special-counsel-investigating-jack-smith-over-alleged-hatch-act-violations-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/office-of-special-counsel-investigating-jack-smith-over-alleged-hatch-act-violations-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Special Counsel investigating Jack Smith over alleged Hatch Act violations &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Foffice-of-special-counsel-investigating-jack-smith-over-alleged-hatch-act-violations-washington-examiner%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=2470100&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--><p>The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has launched an investigation into Jack smith,the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">special counsel<\/a> who led the Biden Department of JusticeS cases involving <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >classified documents<\/a> adn the January 6 investigation against former President Donald Trump. The investigation focuses on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">alleged violations<\/a> of the Hatch Act of 1939, which restricts certain political activities by federal employees. This announcement follows a request by Senator Tom Cotton for the OSC to probe Smith for what Cotton described as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-the-fbi-illegally-politicized-background-investigations-for-republican-presidential-nominees\/\" title=\"FBI Report: Unlawful Bias in Background Checks for GOP Presidential Candidates\">unprecedented interference<\/a>&#8221; in the 2024 election. Smith resigned from his DOJ role shortly before President Trump left office. The investigation is ongoing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Office of Special Counsel investigating Jack Smith over alleged Hatch Act violations<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2195413\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has begun an investigation into <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jack-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jack Smith<\/a>, the former special counsel who led the Biden Department of Justice&rsquo;s classified documents and Jan. 6 cases against President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/office-special-counsel-launches-investigation-ex-trump-prosecutor-jack-rcna222625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"According to\">According to<\/a> multiple reports, the OSC, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-purges-us-commission-of-fine-arts\/\" title=\"Biden Purges US Commission of Fine Arts\">independent federal agency<\/a>, is investigating Smith over alleged violations of the 1939 Hatch Act, which <a href=\"https:\/\/osc.gov\/Services\/pages\/hatchact.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"limits\">limits<\/a> certain political activities of federal workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3489534\/jury-orders-tesla-pay-240-million-autopilot-crash-case\/\">Jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3489117\/james-comer-ghislaine-maxwell-testify-after-supreme-court-appeal\/\">Comer says Ghislaine Maxwell can testify after Supreme Court appeal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3488810\/trump-allies-decry-dc-bars-lawfare-against-jeff-clark\/\">Trump allies decry DC Bar&rsquo;s &lsquo;lawfare&rsquo; against Jeff Clark<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The announcement comes shortly after Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1950616837273551186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"asked\">asked<\/a> the OSC to investigate Smith over &ldquo;unprecedented interference&rdquo; in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Smith previously resigned from his role at the DOJ just days before Trump took office.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2195413\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2195413\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OSC probes Jack Smith for possible Hatch Act breaches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2470101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/osc-jack-smith-investigation.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[44624,32463,56242],"class_list":["post-2470100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-hatch-act","tag-jack-smith","tag-office-of-special-counsel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/osc-jack-smith-investigation.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470100","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\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470100"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470104,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470100\/revisions\/2470104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2470101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}