White House social media director misused official position by going after GOP lawmaker, ethics experts say
Dan Scavino Jr. used his personal Twitter account to urge President Trump's supporters to challenge Freedom Caucus member Justin Amash, calling him “a big liability.”
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Even though Scavino was tweeting from his personal account, the page at the time listed his official White House position and featured a photo of him inside the Oval Office, noted Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration.
“You can't just load up your personal Twitter page with a lot of official stuff,” Painter said. “This is way over the top. It’s not a personal page. It's chock full of official stuff.”
Painter said he thinks Scavino's tweet violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits the use of one's office for political purposes.
“We would have fired him” in the Bush White House, he said. “This is use of official position for a partisan election. You can’t avoid it.”
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