Is the White House overusing a federal law to avoid answering questions?

by: Haisten Willis
2022-10-21
Source: Washington Examiner
10/21/2022

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While plenty of presidential administrations have run afoul of the Hatch Act, the Biden White House may be the first to run the risk of citing it too much.

The act, passed in 1939, prohibits government employees from engaging in overt political campaigning. Previous administrations, including several Trump White House officials and former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki , have drawn complaints of violating the act.

But current press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has been citing the Hatch Act repeatedly, with the 2022 midterm elections approaching, as a reason she can't answer various questions from the press.