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alleged ethics violations
Top White House strategist Kellyanne Conway on Thursday wouldn’t say whether President Trump will discipline her after a watchdog group said she violated federal ethics law by endorsing a Republican candidate in an Alabama Senate race.
“The president and I have spoken about this,” Conway said in an interview on Fox News. “I have not made a comment on this at all and I won’t today.”
When Conway said she wouldn’t “reveal” private conversations she had with the president, host Bill Hemmer asked if that meant the White House decided against punishment.
“I didn’t say that,” she shot back. “I also recognize every single day, maybe I’m still there and will continue to be. I’m not there to read about myself. I’m not there to talk about me and I’m there to the service of the country that I love.”
The Office of Special Counsel on Tuesday urged the White House to discipline Conway for violating the Hatch Act twice when she promoted Republican candidate Roy Moore over his Democratic challenger Doug Jones in a Senate race in Alabama.
She talked about the election that Jones eventually won during appearances on “Fox and Friends” on Nov. 20 and CNN’s “New Day” on Dec. 6.
“While the Hatch Act allows federal employees to express their views about candidates and political issues as private citizens, it restricts employees from using their official government positions for partisan political purposes, including by trying to influence partisan elections,” the agency said.
The White House said Conway didn’t “advocate for or against” any candidate and was just voicing the president’s position to have candidates elected in the House and Senate who back his agenda.
It’s not her first ethics lapse.
The White House Office of Legal Counsel said it had spoken to Conway after she went on Fox News in February 2017 and promoted the fashion clothing line of the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump.
By touting the goods, she violated an Office of Government Ethics rule that bars officials in the executive branch from endorsing products in their official capacities.
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