OSWEGO â The following is a letter from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in Washington, D.C., to Oswego County Sheriff Don Hilton regarding their determination on his alleged violation of the Hatch Act with regard to the flying of a pro-Trump flag from a county vessel at a pro-Trump flotilla on Oneida Lake in August 2020:
March 11, 2021
Dear Sheriff Hilton:
This letter is in response to a complaint the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) received alleging that you violated the Hatch Act by using your official authority as Oswego County Sheriff to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Specifically, it was alleged that in August 2020, you participated in a Trump flotilla campaign rally while wearing your official uniform and riding on an Oswego County Sheriffâs Office boat with a campaign flag on it. Although OSC has concluded that you violated the Hatch Act, as explained below, we have decided not to pursue disciplinary action and instead are issuing
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An upstate New Yorksheriff received a warning from federal investigators for violating the Hatch Act by flying a Making America Great flag during a pro-Trump boat parade last summer.
Oswego County Sheriff Don Hilton received a warning letter from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) following an investigation into a complaint that the sheriff s office flew an altered American flag with former President Donald Trump s image and his campaign slogan Making America Great during an event titled the Trump flotilla on Oneida Lake on Aug. 2, 2020, Syracuse.com reported.