Elijah Cummings and all the liberal elite on his Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Kellyanne Conway to answer for possible Hatch Act violations.
The thing that sticks in my craw is that at least four of Obama’s top officials violated the Hatch Act, but were never fired or forced to resign. They are Samantha Power, Hilda Solis, Kathleen Sebelius and Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro. To his credit, Castro freely admitted he made a mistake and promised to make sure it never would happen again.
I am sick and tired of the double standard. A crime for one party should be a crime for all.
White House counsel Pat Cipollone explained the decision in a letter:
As you know, the precedent for members of the White House staff to decline invitations to testify before congressional committees has been consistently adhered to by administrations of both political parties, and is based on clearly established constitutional doctrines.
“The Office of Special Counsel found that Ms. Conway violated the Hatch Act dozens of times,” House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) said. “Let me repeat that – dozens of times – and has recommended that the president fire her, but he refuses to do so.”
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) fiercely objected to the subpoena resolution, accusing his Democrat colleagues of holding Conway to a different standard.
“Here’s what is troubling Mr. Chairman. As we start to look at this subpoena, we have one standard for Kellyanne Conway and another standard for everybody else,” Meadows said.
If you’re going to subpoena people, let’s subpoena Samantha Powers. Let’s make sure she comes in because you want to know what I have? I’ve got emails on her official account where she was going after Donald Trump while she was working on our government and, indeed, at the same time was unmasking individuals. So if we want to hold people accountable, let’s do it with the same standard. I don’t think it’s right to hold her to a different standard.