The office of Special Counsel says White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway broke the law last year as a result of her advocacy of Alabama’s Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore.
The politicking — which took place during two interviews — violated the 1939 U.S. Hatch Act, which forbids most executive branch employees from publicly advocating for or against political candidates, according to the watchdog office.
“Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act by engaging in political activity while participating in official interviews with Fox News’s ‘Fox & Friends’ and CNN’s ‘New Day,’” states the office of Special Counsel complaint addressed to President Trump.