Posted on 06/23/2018 4:38:53 PM PDT by mandaladon
The former director of the Office of Government Ethics said on Saturday that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s decision to tweet about being kicked out of a Virginia restaurant violated ethics laws.
Sanders was asked to leave the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va., on Friday night, but confirmed the incident in a Saturday morning tweet.
The tweet also violated the endorsements ban, Shaub argued, since Sanders’s tweet was “an obvious corollary for discouraging patronage." Walter Shaub, the federal government's former top ethics watchdog, tweeted that Sanders's response, which was made from her official White House account, was a clear violation of federal law.
“Sarah, I know you don’t care even a tiny little bit about the ethics rules, but using your official account for this is a clear violation of 5 CFR 2635.702(a),” Shaub tweeted Saturday, referencing the law that states government employees cannot use public office for private gain.
“It’s the same as if an ATF agent pulled out his badge when a restaurant tried to throw him/her out,” he added. “Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for [President Trump] and I politely left,” Sanders tweeted. “Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so.”
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He frequently criticizes the Trump administration and called on another Trump spokeswoman, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, to be fired for violating the Hatch Act.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~What an idiot!
Violates nothing except Leftist cockeyed ideas of rules.
“Idiot” you are being too kind.
What gain?
Hillary Clinton Barack Obama or we just heard it on the news this morning do you mean wiped with a cloth
This is no different than comments she makes in a press briefing. She'll likely use the same words Monday. No big deal.
What happened in Lexington IS A BIG DEAL.
The restaurant owner made it very clear that this was because she works for Trump. Her Tweet was a vital piece of information for the American public (those who are loyal to the nation, at least).
Everybody remember to leave them a nice phone message or a message on their Facebook account. Not threatening like leftists do. Just to voice our disapproval at their disgusting tactics
Trying their best to make the owner of the Red Hen restaurant the real victim ,LOL
The left lecturing on ethics is like Joseph Mengele lecturing on proper patient bedside manners.
One of Barry’s butt boys. Disregard. He’s a hater.
...and besides, what is the “personal gain” benefiting Sanders? There is none.
Speaking of ethics, handling this publically in a tweet while accusing her of disregarding ethics rulings is criminal slander.
But laws are only used by the evil ones for accusations of the innocent, never to be applied to oneself...
Seeing what a crappy job he did on government ethics while he was in he really doesn’t have much of a leg to stand on, does he?
Walter, the LEFT is running a silent coup on America and this is what you are concerned about?
The FBI and DOJ are violating the whole ethics book and a bunch of laws.
You stay in the corner and continue contemplating your navel.
I bet Walter could witness a murder and tell the murderer to pick up his empty cartridges or he would cite him for littering.
He should be pointing the finger at the FBI employees who took favors from the press for info. Now that's using your office for personal gain.
Well, if nothing else, maybe now she will see where taking the high road gets her with the left.
I’m a “former” Army Intelligence Analyst. You don’t see the press breaking down my door for my opinions about Singapore, the G7 and the Middle East. Go play some Parcheesi at the senior center, old man.
Not only is Walter Shaub an idiot, he’s an idiot with an axe to grind.
Like Jarrett promising payback to her political foes.
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