Garland imposes new restrictions on political appointees at Justice Department

[Valletta]

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday tightened restrictions on high-level employees at the Justice Department by prohibiting them from engaging in "partisan political activities."
The policy change, announced in a memo a little more than two months before the midterm elections, reverses a long-standing department policy that allowed political appointees, also known as non-career employees, to attend fundraisers and campaign events as passive bystanders.
Garland imposes new restrictions on political appointees at Justice Department
This is for appearances. Garland himself has violated the law by using the Justice Department for political purposes. Do you think Garland and those involved should be held accountable?

 

[For_Faith]

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday tightened restrictions on high-level employees at the Justice Department by prohibiting them from engaging in "partisan political activities."
The policy change, announced in a memo a little more than two months before the midterm elections, reverses a long-standing department policy that allowed political appointees, also known as non-career employees, to attend fundraisers and campaign events as passive bystanders.
Garland imposes new restrictions on political appointees at Justice Department
This is for appearances. Garland himself has violated the law by using the Justice Department for political purposes. Do you think Garland and those involved should be held accountable?

In the memo, it says:
"we must do all we can to maintain public trust and ensure that politics -- both in fact and appearance -- does not compromise or affect the integrity of our work."

Well, people can and do draw conclusions based on appearances. In other words, it may appear to some people that politics compromises or affects the integrity of the DOJ's work.

 

[DaisyDay]

Garland himself has violated the law by using the Justice Department for political purposes.

No, he hasn't. This is just mud-flinging.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Garland’s directive followed memos from the acting assistant attorney general for administration, Jolene Lauria, reminding political appointees of existing policies about restrictions stemming from the Hatch Act, which is aimed at establishing a politically neutral workplace for government workers.

We're all fortunate that Biden and his Administration have restored some of the ethical norms that were ignored by the former president. This new action by DOJ strengthens them.

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Westerhout was also one of six White House officials found to have violated the Hatch Act in 2018.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Garland’s directive followed memos from the acting assistant attorney general for administration, Jolene Lauria, reminding political appointees of existing policies about restrictions stemming from the Hatch Act, which is aimed at establishing a politically neutral workplace for government workers.

We're all fortunate that Biden and his Administration have restored some of the ethical norms that were ignored by the former president. This new action by DOJ strengthens them.

OSC Recommends Firing Kellylanne Conway for Repeated Hatch Act Violations

Westerhout was also one of six White House officials found to have violated the Hatch Act in 2018.

Is this meant to be serious?

I'd swear the President just declared a significant amount of the population as a threat to Democracy.

I'm sure any former Trump voters feel safe expressing their views at the office.

 

[Sophrosyne]

This is nothing but a form of virtue signaling IMO.