Lynne Patton, a former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) official, has been penalized for violating the Hatch Act.  Patton, an ally of former President Donald Trump, received the violation after producing a video for the 2020 Republican National Convention.  According to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, the Hatch Act is a federal law passed in 1939 that limits certain political activities of federal employees who work in connection with federally funded programs.  The law's purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure […]

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