Watchdog Says Biden Official Violated Hatch Act

The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) determined that White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre violated the Hatch Act for using the term “mega MAGA” in the White House briefing room.

The Hatch Act, passed in 1939, limits certain political activities of federal employees.

“The law’s purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation,” the OSC states.