Much like the Obama administration, which the former president boasted had “not even a smidgen of corruption,” the Biden administration enjoys an image in the legacy media as a scandal-free zone. Yet within the last three weeks, at least three members of the Biden administration — including Vice President Kamala Harris — have been accused of violating a federal election law and corrupting their office.
The Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 7321-26) makes it illegal for virtually every federal employee to “use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election.” U.S. law clarifies that “[p]olitical activity means an activity directed toward the success or failure of a political party, candidate for partisan political office, or partisan political group.” Ethics watchdogs say the administration has repeatedly straddled the line of legality or possibly stepped over it.
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