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Judge fined, debarred 30 months for violating Hatch Act
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First, she's was an administrative law judge, which is part of the executive branch, not the judiciary.
Second, nobody is getting rid of her. She's been retired.
DePaolo also said at the hearing that Republicans “aren’t going to do anything about” about immigration policy “if they can help it ... other than trying to deport everybody.”
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DePaolo told CNBC that during a hearing on the disciplinary complaint against her last year she argued that “I didn’t violate the Hatch Act, I was conducting a deportation hearing.”
But what you bring up is selective enforcement of the law. The Hatch Act prohibit federal employees from making political statements in favor of or against political candidates. Kelly Ann Conway violated the Hatch Act multiple times in TV interviews and no actions were ever taken. So, we have an admin law judge saying something before the election and gets fined $1K but pro-Trump federal employees can do what they want with impunity.
Second, nobody is getting rid of her. She's been retired.
DePaolo also said at the hearing that Republicans “aren’t going to do anything about” about immigration policy “if they can help it ... other than trying to deport everybody.”
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DePaolo told CNBC that during a hearing on the disciplinary complaint against her last year she argued that “I didn’t violate the Hatch Act, I was conducting a deportation hearing.”
But what you bring up is selective enforcement of the law. The Hatch Act prohibit federal employees from making political statements in favor of or against political candidates. Kelly Ann Conway violated the Hatch Act multiple times in TV interviews and no actions were ever taken. So, we have an admin law judge saying something before the election and gets fined $1K but pro-Trump federal employees can do what they want with impunity.
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