White House Defends Kellyanne Conway After Federal Watchdog Calls for Her Removal

Senior counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway at the CPAC convention in National Harbor, Md., on March 1, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

The White House counsel issued a scathing letter on June 13 defending the president’s counselor, Kellyanne Conway, after a federal watchdog accused her of violating the Hatch Act and called on the president to fire her.

The U.S. Office of the Special Counsel (OSC)—not to be confused with the special counsel investigation formerly run by Robert Mueller—issued a report (pdf) on June 13 accusing Conway of violating the Hatch Act, a law that prohibits federal employees from activities that can influence an election.