Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra violated the Hatch Act of 1939 when he gave a speech in which he backed Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) for election in the 2022 midterms, a report concluded.
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated a law that restricts political activities of federal employees when he advocated for theof Sen. Alex Padilla at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute event in the fall, the Office of Special Counsel has determined.
Becerra would have been allowed to campaign for Padilla if he had spoken in his personal capacity. However, the special counsel determined that Becerra had acted in his official capacity, which is forbidden under the Hatch Act.against Republicans in what he claimed was a defense of “election integrity” when the GOP followed Democrats’ example in using legal ballot harvesting in 2020.
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