Federal Agency Accuses White House Official of Violating Hatch Act

A federal investigative agency is requesting disciplinary action for Neera Tanden, who serves as one of President Joe Biden’s domestic policy advisors, over her allegedly violating a law that prohibits solicitations for partisan political candidates. The agency, known as the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), announced the complaint on Nov. 7 while highlighting recent posts Tanden made on the social media platform X. According to the agency’s complaint, Tanden violated the Hatch Act by posting or reposting solicitations for donations to Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, as well as multiple Democratic congressional candidates. “Congress created a rule banning all federal employees from fundraising for political candidates,” Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger said. “The Hatch Act contains no escape hatch for White House officials.”...