Federal workers warned: Advocating Trump impeachment not allowed until second term
by Steven Nelson
| November 30, 2018 01:30 PM
Federal workers may violate Hatch Act restrictions on "political activity" if they urge President Trump's impeachment as he seeks re-election, according to a government office that enforces the law.
If the president is not seeking re-election, however, advocating impeachment would not be banned, the Office of the Special Counsel said in new guidance circulated by email Tuesday.
"Advocating for a candidate to be impeached, and thus potentially disqualified from holding federal office, is clearly directed at the failure of that candidate's campaign for federal office," the office said.
The unsigned guidance noted that advocating impeachment of "someone who is not a candidate for partisan elective office would not be considered political activity."
The office similarly found that use of the term "resistance" while Trump is a candidate for re-election could violate the law's restriction on political speech by federal workers.
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