Trump campaigned for taxpayer money, but his team won't get anything

A U.S. government report says Trump's advisers campaigned illegally, reports Reuters.

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On November 9, a US government agency said 13 senior members of President Donald Trump's administration violated laws restricting the political campaigning of government employees, accusing them of creating a "taxpayer-funded campaign apparatus" in the White House.

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In a 65-page report, the Office of the United States Special Adviser (OSC) identified instances where Trump advisers, including Jared Kushner and Kellianne Conway, used their official powers to advance Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.

The OSC said disciplinary action "is no longer possible" because Trump administration officials have left office but said it is publishing a report to highlight enforcement concerns and prevent future violations.

“Taken together, the report concludes that the violations demonstrate both the willingness of some in the Trump Administration to use executive branch power to promote President Trump's re-election and the limitations of the OSC's enforcement power,” the OSC said in a press release.

“This failure to impose discipline has created the conditions for a taxpayer-funded election apparatus at the upper echelons of the executive branch,” the OSC report said.

The OSC is an independent federal watchdog body within the U.S. government that investigates violations of the Hatch Act, a law that restricts political participation and speech by federal employees.

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The report is the culmination of an investigation launched during Trump's tenure following his decision to hold the 2020 Republican National Convention at the White House.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf violated the Hatch Act by attending a political convention, the report said.

The report said several Trump advisers, including Kushner, Conway and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, violated the Hatch Act by criticizing incumbent President Joe Biden's campaign during media appearances.

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