"While the report is unequivocal in its findings of legal violations by White House staffers and Bush other administration aides, the investigators also found that previous White Houses engaged in similar political activities. “The aspects of OPA that came in conflict with the Hatch Act during the Bush II administration have apparently existed for decades,” the report says.
A spokesman for former President Bush had no comment on the report.
In October 2008, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), then-Chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, concluded an investigation into similar issues and recommended that the White House Office of Political Affairs be eliminated. The new OSC report notes Waxman’s recommendation, but stops short of declaring that the White House political shop should be closed."
Report: George W. Bush aides violated Hatch Act -- but so did probably every other administration...
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