Gov't watchdog: HUD secretary violates Hatch Act

The Washington Post: WASHINGTON — Days before Hillary Clinton is scheduled to accept the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, a government watchdog says the nation’s housing secretary violated a law prohibiting government officials from using their office for partisan politics when he promoted her candidacy during a media interview.

Julian Castro “impermissibly mixed his personal views with official government agency business” in violation of the Hatch Act during an interview with Yahoo Global News anchor Katie Couric at the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s broadcast studio earlier this year, Carolyn Lerner, head of the Office of the Special Counsel, said in a report. The report was sent to President Barack Obama on Monday.

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