DOJ: Staffer's tweet about Melania Trump was 'inappropriate'

the Hill ^ | 07/19/16 | Lydia Wheeler

[blueyon]

A staffer at the Department of Justice is in hot water after sending a tweet about Melania Trump from the agency’s Twitter account.

In a statement Tuesday, a Justice official said a “staffer in the public affairs office erroneously used the official Department of Justice Twitter handle to post a tweet that was intended for a personal account.”

“CNN is the biggest troll of all lmao #Petty,” the staffer reportedly tweeted with a CNN story about Donald Trump’s campaign denying accusations that his wife plagiarized a 2008 speech from Michelle Obama when speaking at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday night.

[blueyon]

So a "TWEET" can get a staffer in trouble BUT the DOJ can not say if Clinton's misuse of classified information would get he in trouble. Anyone else see the double standard here? Rules only apply if they want them too!

[mkjessup]

While the DOJ is all 'a twitter' about an unauthorized or improper 'tweet', Hillary Rotten Criminal remains free as a bird:

[A Navy Vet]

Just covering their rear because of some blatant un-scripted remark from one of their own kind. Doubt any repercussions.

[Mr. K]

But he didn’t INTEND TO use the wrong twitter account

[Sooth2222]

"Just covering their rear because of some blatant un-scripted remark from one of their own kind. Doubt any repercussions."

"Hot water" would be "hot tub" temperature, followed by a pleasant massage, promotion and excellent retirement benefits.

[Robert DeLong]

With the tweet being: CNN is the biggest troll of all lmao #Petty,”

It sounds like it was a pro Trump person. Thus the reason for the admonishment. If they had tweeted something positive about Hillary, we would have never heard about it.

[tomkat]

.. what difference does it make !

[Buckeye McFrog]

Why are we paying Government employees to tweet in the first place?

[tomkat]

That’s the way I read it as well.
But surely there are no actual Americans left at JustUs ? !

[Robert DeLong]

Yeah in small positions, that’s why he was admonished.

[TigersEye]

Everything about the DOJ is inappropriate.

[tomkat]

I sense a TDY in their near future.
Temp duty WAY yonder . . .

[Robert DeLong]

The person may not mind it, I’m sure it involves extra pay!!!

[Brilliant]

So was the Tweet pro or anti-Trump? The Tweeter was dissing CNN, but I guess he could have been suggesting that CNN is too pro-Trump. That’s how I read it.

[NEMDF]

And a judge on the SCOTUS can publicly make nasty statements about Trump, without impunity.

[pgkdan]

So a "TWEET" can get a staffer in trouble BUT the DOJ can not say if Clinton's misuse of classified information would get he in trouble. Anyone else see the double standard here? Rules only apply if they want them too!

Sounds like it was a pro Trump tweet criticizing CNN. That is undoubtedly a crime.

[moovova]

“Doubt any repercussions.”

Well, at least not until January 20, 2017, 12:01pm.

[hal ogen]

Yet another loser government “worker” wasting taxpayers’ money by sitting around “tweeting” while being paid to work. Fire the bum ingrate loser.

[VaeVictis]

Yeah.... why the heck does the DOJ have a departmental twitter?

[Corpus_Delicious]

How dare a DOJ employee criticize the Clinton News Network!