Regarding violations of the hatch act under the Trump Administration are now recognized and for five minutes, i will give my opening stamen. Today, we are holding a hearing on a troubling report issued by the office of the special year. L on june 13 of this this report finds that Kellyanne Conway, counselor to president donald trump, violated the hatch act dozens of times and it recommends that the president , for her immediately repeated violations. There are rarely issues that come before our committee that are so clear cut but this is one of them. This is about right and wrong. Core principles of that nobody, not one person, nobody, in this country is above the law. Contrary to claims from ms. Conway and President Trump, this is not a conspiracy to silence her or restrict her First Amendment rights. Enforcean effort to federal law. To enforce federal law. Which very clearly prohibits employees from engaging in Political Activities on federal property or while using their official po
The committee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. The full committee is convening, regarding violations of the hatch act under the Trump Administration. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give my Opening Statement. Today, we are holding a hearing on a very troubling report issued by the office of special counsel on june 13th of this year. This report finds that Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, violated the hatch act dozens of times, and it reasonable degree of medical certainty recommends the president fire her immediately for repeated violations. Rarely issues come before the committee that are so clear cut, but this is one of them. This is about right and wrong. This is about the core principle of our precious democracy, that nobody, not one person, in this country is above the law. Contrary to claims from miss conway and President Trump, this is not a conspiracy to silence her or restrict her First Amendm
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dramatic move by hollywood actors joining writers on the picket lines. plus vladimir putin announces that the wagner group, simply doesn t exist. what does that mean? and that is the most ridiculous seen i ve ever seen. blowback, some republicans upset that the secret service cannot find a white house cocaine suspect. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m rahel solomon in this morning row mans. no lights, no camera and no, a. actors will start walking off the job just hours from now. ma. no lights, no camera and no, a. actors will start walking off the job just hours from now.man. no lights, no camera and no, a. actors will start walking off the job just hours from now. this is after talks with major studios and streaming services failed. anger about pay and artificial intelligence really at the center of the standoff which has essentially shut down hollywood. chloe has more. reporter: hollywood came to a halt on thursday when union called