In the last year, Kellyanne Conway has violated the Hatch Act more than 50 times via her Twitter account, by attacking President Trump’s political rivals and promoting the president’s re-election. Conway is also violating Twitter’s terms of service, which
An important update from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

In the last year, Kellyanne Conway has violated the Hatch Act more than 50 times via her Twitter account, by attacking President Trump’s political rivals and promoting the president’s re-election. Conway is also violating Twitter’s terms of service, which prohibit the platform from being used to violate the law.

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We’ve put together a new report tracking Conway’s egregious and ongoing violations of the Hatch Act, and outlining her violations of Twitter’s terms of service, which could lead to her removal from the platform. Read and share our original report.

In June, the Office of Special Counsel recommended Conway’s removal from federal service given her repeated violations of the Hatch Act, following multiple CREW complaints. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from using their official authority for partisan political purposes, and Conway had been warned in the past about her flouting of the law.

However, President Trump refused to fire her, and more than 35,000 CREW supporters signed a petition calling on her to resign. In late June, after the OSC report, the House Oversight Committee held a hearing to examine Conway’s violations, and Conway ignored a subpoena requiring her to appear. In the months since, Conway has continued to use her Twitter account to attack Democratic presidential candidates, support the Republican party, and advocate for President Trump’s re-election, all in clear violation of the Hatch Act—and Twitter’s terms of service. President Trump has not imposed any consequences on Conway, but Twitter could.

We are currently facing a crisis because of the president’s and his allies’ willingness to abuse the powers of the presidency for personal political gain. Conway’s flagrant and unrepentant violations of ethics laws are simply one more manifestation of the same belief that this administration is above the law and is only there to advance the president politically.

At CREW, we will never stand for this corruption of our government, and we are going to continue investigating and taking action whenever necessary to prevent these types of ethics abuses from becoming normalized.

Thank you,

Donald Sherman
Deputy Director, CREW


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