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October 15, 2018

Ethics Watchdog Says Press Secretary's Kanye Tweet Broke Federal Law
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A government accountability watchdog says White House Press Secretary
Sarah Huckabee Sanders violated federal law when she posted a photo of
rapper Kanye West on her official White House Twitter account. In the
photo, Sanders is seen smiling as she poses next to West, who's wearing
a red "Make America Great Again" hat. In March, the U.S. Office of
Special Counsel said that any official White House communication
promoting Trump's signature campaign slogan is a clear violation of the
Hatch Act, which restricts employees from using their official
government positions for partisan political purposes.


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