Former Trump HUD official fined and barred from federal work over Hatch Act violation
A former Housing and Urban Development official and Trump family associate has been fined and barred from federal work for violating the Hatch Act‘s prohibition of use of official authority after she blurred the lines between official business and politics by producing a video for the 2020 Republican convention.
The US Office of Special Counsel announced Tuesday that Lynne Patton had “improperly harnessed the authority of her federal position to assist the Trump campaign in violation of the Hatch Act” when she was HUD regional administrator and that she had admitted to violating the act when she produced a video about housing conditions for the Republican National Convention. In the settlement agreement, Patton will receive a $1,000 civil fine and is prevented from working as a federal employee for 48 months.
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In this March 6, 2019 photo, HUD executive Lynne Patton listens as a resident at the New York City Housing Authority’s Queensbridge Houses in New York complains about conditions in her apartment. Patton says she wanted to shine a spotlight . more > By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, April 6, 2021
A former high-ranking Trump official has agreed to serve a four-year bar from holding a federal job after she admitted to using her government position to help create a video used by then-President Trump during the GOP nominating convention last year.
Lynne Patton, who had served as a regional administrator at Housing and Urban Development (HUD), agreed to the punishment as part of a settlement with the Office of Special Counsel, which policies the Hatch Act, a federal law that limits the kind of political activities federal employees can be part of.
Ex-Trump official penalized for violating Hatch Act
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