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`Federal investigators are investigating whether acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker violated federal law after it was revealed his failed 2014 Iowa Senate campaign received thousands of dollars of donations in January and February of this year.
The investigators are probing whether Whitaker’s accepting of the donations, amounting to $8,800, violated the Hatch Act’s prohibitions on political activities by federal employees.
A spokesperson for the Office of Special Counsel confirmed to CNN that it had received a complaint from the watchdog organization American Oversight and a case file had been opened. The office has the power to investigate Hatch Act violations and determine possible reprimands, but cannot take disciplinary action itself, according to CNN.
"After years of being completely dormant and only after he joined [former Attorney General] Jeff Sessions' office as chief of staff, Whitaker's campaign started receiving a cluster of contributions," Austin Evers, the executive director of American Oversight, told CNN. "It appears to violate the black-letter law of the Hatch Act." - Source
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This guy has a lot of personal baggage. One way or another, he isn't going to be around for too long, it appears.
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It's so much worse than that. This guy was a part of a SCUMMY RIP OFF company! Up to his eyeballs. One thing to sit on a 'phony' board. Another to do PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS! He needs to be CRIMINALLY investigated. Even if the company is closed down and the doors boarded up.