The Trump administration violates human decency and political decorum on an almost daily basis, with one of the more recent examples being when White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders blatantly abused her platform to declare that ESPN should fire contributor Jemele Hill after she accused Donald Trump of being a white supremacist on Twitter. Now, The Wrap (via The Root) is reporting that an anti-Trump Super PAC called The Democratic Coalition has filed an ethics complaint against Huckabee, saying she âcrossed the line and put herself in dubious legal territory,â adding that âif anyone is to be fired, it should be her.â
The complaint references a law banning specific federal employeesâincluding those who work for the executive branch, like a White House press secretaryâfrom influencing the employment decisions of a private company âsolely on the basis of partisan political affiliation.â In other words, the exact thing that Sanders did is a thing that youâre not supposed to do, with The Wrap noting that breaking this particular law is punishable by a fine, up to 15 years in prison, or both.
[Note: The Root, like The A.V. Club, is owned by Univision Communications.]
