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White House Aides Blur the Legal Lines Between Partisans and Public Servants

The following article by Julie Hirschfeld Davis was posted on the New York Times website March 12, 2018:

The Office of Special Counsel has recommended disciplinary action against Kellyanne Conway, the counselor to the president, who used her official title and the White House as a backdrop as she weighed in on the Alabama Senate election. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s social media director, Dan Scavino Jr., posted a message on his government Twitter account calling for the defeat of a Republican congressman who had angered the president.

His West Wing counselor, Kellyanne Conway, weighed in on the Alabama Senate race during television interviews from the White House lawn.

His son-in-law, Jared Kushner, used his White House title on a news release for Mr. Trump’s re-election bid. Continue reading “White House Aides Blur the Legal Lines Between Partisans and Public Servants”