majority leader mitch mcconnell turning attention back on democrats. he gets picked at every day over every aspect of it, but the fundamental point of it is, they re trying to keep the 2016 election alive. i would ask the democrats in the house this, is there anything you re willing to do other than harass the president for the next two years? anything at all? one last point from the chairwoman of the federal elections committee, she issued a statement, quote, let me make something 100% clear to the american public and anyone running for public office, it is illegal for any person to soly sit, accept or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a u.s. election. the trump administration coming to the defense of white house counselor kellyanne conway. they are rejecting calls from a federal agency for her to be fired for criticizing critical opponents while in her official government capacity. her violations center around tv
related to the mueller report office, is saying that kellyanne conway has repeatedly used her office to disparage political candidates, to promote other candidates and even on one occasion she flouted this in the face of that office and said, essentially, when does the jail time start. listen to what she said a couple weeks ago. the office of special counsel which says that you listen. official government business blah blah, listen. blah blah blah. i m sorry, are you talking about something from a year and a half ago? if you re trying to silence me through the hatch act it s not going to work. the office of special counsel said you violated it. let me know when the jail sentence starts. reporter: but the white house is pushing back on the ruling, steve groves said in a statement that the office s ruling is deeply flawed and violates kellyanne conway s constitutional rights to free speech and due process. the white house is rejecting the notion that she did anything
improper in her role as counselor to the president when she made these statements on social media and even on television appearances from the white house north lawn. but ultimately none of this might actually matter because the hatch act is one of those provisions that is rarely enforced and, in fact, president trump himself is responsible for enforcing it. sources say the president is unlikely to fire kellyanne conway as a result of something like this, particularly when it comes to these ethical violations which white house officials have been dinged by the same office over the last several months. white house press secretary sarah huckabee-sanders stepping down after just two years shy on the job. president trump heaping praise on sanders. she s been so great. she has such heart. she s strong but with great, great heart. i want to thank you for an
statements on social media and on television appearances from the white house north lawn. but ultimately none of this might actually matter because the mathatch act is a provision that is rarely enforced and president trump himself is responsible for enforcing it. sources say the president is unlikely to fire kellyanne conway because of something like this. especially when it comes to violation which multiple white house officials have been dinged by the same office over the last couple months. sarah huckabee-sanders stepping down after just two years on the job. president trump heaping praise on sanders saying they ve been through a lot together. she has been so great. she has such heart. she s strong but with great, great heart. i want to thank you for an outstanding job. thank you, sir.
over every aspect of it. but the fundamental point is they re trying to keep the 2016 election alive. i would ask the democrats in the house this, is there anything you re willing to do, other than harass the president for the next two years? anything at all? this was entirely about moving forward, not backward. one last point from the chairwoman of the federal elections commission. she said on a statement, quote, let me make something 100% clear to the american public and anyone running for public office. it is illegal for any person to solicit, accept or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a u.s. election. and that includes information. the trump administration coming to the defense of kellyanne conway, they are rejecting calls from a federal agency for her to be fired for criticizing political opponents while in her official government capacity. the violations center around tv interviews and a run up to a