Acting FBI Director Is Under Investigation For Democrat Campaign Activities

Just a few weeks ago the anti-Trump commentariat was doing their happy dance over a warning issued by the Office of Special Counsel to White House social media director Dan Scavino over a tweet he sent advocating a primary challenge to Representative Justin Amash Office of Special Counsel is the agency charged with enforcing the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act mostly limits the political activity of federal employees, be they career or Schedule C. Scavino ran afoul of the rule that says you can’t make posts on social media while identifying yourself as a federal employee that advocate for the election or defeat of a candidate. On the whole, it was a chickensh** gotcha that Scavino should have been smart enough to avoid but it is the kind of chickensh** gotcha that makes the system somewhat work because without this kind of sword of Damocles hanging from the ceiling of federal agencies, the civil service would, in addition to being a Democrat plantation, be an active arm of the Democrat party. -- More...

.@realDonaldTrump is bringing auto plants & jobs back to Michigan. @justinamash is a big liability.#TrumpTrain, defeat him in primary.

— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) April 1, 2017