White House Calls Subpoena of Kellyanne Conway ‘Purely Political’ Effort to ‘Harass the President’

House Oversight Committee Issued Conway a Subpoena over Alleged Hatch Act Violations

Kellyanne Conway, then-adviser to President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters in the James S. Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, on Aug. 21, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

The White House on July 15 issued a strongly-worded response to the House Oversight Committee’s efforts to subpoena the president’s counselor, Kellyanne Conway, to testify in Congress over allegations that she had violated the Hatch Act.

“Today, Chairman Cummings and Democrats on the House Oversight Committee continued their purely political campaign to harass the President and his close advisors,” a statement by the press secretary on July 15 read.