Page 72 - Hatch Act News Today

Should be a case thats -- im also curious, i mean, are we going to hear from mark meadows underoath? >> i think were in store for a full fledged evidentiary hearing. >> can you translate for the people watching at home why thats going to be so important here. >> its essential to determine whether mark meadows was acting under the color of law. fani willis has said no. youve tried to do two things. one, you were engaging in partisan election nearing, which federal officials are not allowed to do ...

Clark has already lost his attempt to delay turning himself in along with Donald Trump in Fulton County, Georgia. His motion to move the case to federal court will probably fail too.

Point is to show exactly what did meadows do, who did he talk to, what was he asking, because just because he was the chief of staff for the president just doesnt mean, well, he gets this special treatment, right? and really what fani willis office, what their argument is is what he was doing was really in violation of the law, not in terms of the indictment, but the hatch act, right? when you are -- >> cant use your public office. >> right. you cannot even be -- >> for personal gain. >> or any ...

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Friday rejected accusations from Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutors that he violated the Hatch Act while working on behalf of President Donald Trump as he challenged the 2020 election results.

By focusing initially on the hatch act, basically fani willis was able to say, you know what? he wasnt just, this was not something he was authorized to do, he was actually prohibited from doing this by the hatch act. and she used a finding by the agency. theres an independent executive branch agency, which is the office of the special counsel, not to be confused with the special counsels office that jack smith, i was part, but the office of special counsel did an investigation and found that ma...

Think we all expected the judge would do. in playing out there wasnt any legal theory at all advanced by jeffrey clark to support what he was asking for, which is fascinating really because its ang echo of what jeffrey clark indicted for, pushing things on the president and others at the time for which there was absolutely no legal basis. >> well, thats absolutely correct, lawrence. in this case the federal statute says the opposite of the position o jeffrey clark was taking. theres notrk silenc...

Our discussion, andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division of the eastman district of new york, a professor at nyu university, and co-host of the podcast prosecuting donald trump. barr mcquade is with, us former u.s. attorney and law professor at the university of michigan law school. they are both msnbc legal analysts. also joining us tonight, amy lee copeland, a criminal defense attorney and former georgia federal prosecutor. and andrew weissmann, le...

And by focusing initially on the hatch act, basically fani willis was able to say, you know what, he wasnt just not -- this was not just something he was authorized to do, he was actually prohibited from doing this by the hatch act. and she used a finding by the agency -- theres an independent executive branch agency, which is the office of the special counsel. not to be confused with the special counsels office that jack smith is now and i was part of. but the office of special counsel did an i...

Donald Trump has been indicted on several federal felonies.Most Americans view Donald Trump as an aberration, a one-off, the exception. He’s our first “criminal president” they think, the first to have committed crimes to get into office, while in office, or both.Most Americans, in this regard, are ...

Remove his case to federal court. in district attorney willis 20-page brief opposing moving the case against mark meadows to federal court she raises an issueis that i for one am embarrassed to say i had not thought of, the hatch act. the hatch act sitting right there. didnt think of ha it. district attorney willis quotes mark meadows in an interview while he was white house chief of staff saying, quote, nobody outside the beltway really cares about trump administration officials violating the h...