Trump Administration Dramatically Weakens Independent Hatch Act Enforcement
Trump eliminated the independent board overseeing Hatch Act violations by removing Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger and replacing OSC leadership with partisan appointees like Doug Collins and Jamieson Greer. The administration rescinded prior enforcement policies, weakening accountability for political activities by federal employees and reducing independent oversight of executive branch conduct.
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- The Trump Administration May Be Taking a Hatchet to the Hatch Act (2025-04-25)
- Trump Administration Uses Federal Resources for Partisan Messaging During Potential Shutdown (2025-09-30)
- Under Temporary Leadership, OSC Reverses Progress on Hatch Act Enforcement (2025-04-25)
- What OSC's Hatch Act Updates Mean for Federal Employees (2025-04-25)
- Trump pardons executive whose family sought to publicize Ashley Biden's diary (2025-04-25)
- Trump Pardons Paul Walczak After Mother Attends Fundraiser (2025-04-26)
- Trump pardoned man 1 month after mother attended $1M per person fundraiser: Report (2025-04-26)
- Trump Meme Coin Top 220 Buyers Spent $140 Million for Dinner Invite (2025-04-25)
- Trump's Controversial Meme Coin Contest Proves Predictably Profitable (2025-04-25)
- Trump Pumped and Dumped His Crypto Backers With Dud Dinner Party (2025-04-25)
- Elon Musk's Pentagon visit sparks more questions about his access to sensitive files (2025-04-25)
- Pentagon changed course for Musk visit after report about him viewing China war plans: Officials (2025-04-25)
- Pentagon downplays Elon Musk visit for secret China war plans (2025-04-25)
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