DHS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Justice Department employee who heckled DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Washington restaurant and criticized the administration’s immigration policy online did not violate rules against political activity by government workers, a watchdog agency found. In a letter dated this week, the chief of the US Office of Special Counsel’s Hatch Act Unit wrote that Allison Hrabar, the employee, had not violated the federal law dictating such acceptable political activity. In June, Hrabar was among a group of activists who protested Nielsen as she dined at the height of the family separation crisis at the border. On her Twitter account, Hrabar opined on Trump administration policies, making statements like ‘Keeping families together in jail is not an acceptable solution’…The letter was provided to CNN by Ty Clevenger, the attorney who filed the complaint to the Hatch Act agency. His complaint centered on the tweets Hrabar had made while at work. An Office of Special Counsel official confirmed the authenticity of the letter. The Hatch Act prohibits employees from engaging in political activity while on duty, and defines unlawful actions as ones directed toward the success or failure of a political party, partisan political group or candidate for partisan political office, according to the Office of Special Counsel.”
–David Shortell, “DOJ employee who heckled immigration chief didn’t violate rules, agency finds,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 17, 2018 5:54 pm