Senior Policy Advisor to the President Stephen Miller probably violated federal law during a recent appearance on Fox News — according to a nonprofit government watchdog organization.
Senior Policy Advisor to the President Stephen Miller probably violated federal law during a recent appearance on Fox News — according to a nonprofit government watchdog organization. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a formal complaint with the Office of Special Counsel accusing Miller of violating the Hatch Act over comments he made that were critical of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Miller was asked a question about former president Barack Obama‘s eulogy for Civil Rights hero and longtime congressman John Lewis. During his answer, the White House advisor said: CREW claims those above-cited comments took Miller’s appearance from the realm of the acceptable and into a violation of federal law. The Hatch Act generally prohibits electioneering activities by executive branch employees. Spread across several different statutes, the law essentially states that such employees are barred from using their “official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election.
