Senator Russ Feingold isn’t just endorsing Hillary Clinton’s dishonesty – he’s also emulating it.
Embroiled in a State Department scandal of his own, Senator Feingold has been accused of violating federal law by plotting his eighth political campaign on the taxpayers’ dime. As a result, a complaint has been filed with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel to investigate Senator Feingold’s Hatch Act problem.
For once, Senator Feingold should live up to his alter (not to mention sky-high) ego and come clean.
Read and watch what they are saying about Senator Russ Feingold’s State Department scandal:
Johnson’s campaign tried to open a new line of attack on Wednesday, questioning whether Feingold conducted an illegal "shadow campaign" through his Progressives United political action committee before declaring his candidacy for the Senate. The state Republican Party alleges that Feingold violated the Hatch Act by planning for the Senate run while working at the U.S. State Department between June 2013 and March 2015. He declared his candidacy in May 2015.
Feingold left his post with the State Department in March 2015, before he announced his candidacy. But the complaint alleges Progressives United was created to "lay the groundwork" for a future campaign.
Republicans accused Democrat Russ Feingold of violating the Hatch Act by planning his U.S. Senate run while working for the U.S. State Department. Mike Duffey, executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, filed the complaint Tuesday with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. In asking for an investigation, Republicans allege that Feingold engaged in political activities as a federal employee…The complaint was filed just days after Wisconsin Watchdog.org, a conservative website, raised questions about Feingold’s political activities while working for the federal government.
Republicans allege that Feingold engaged in political activities as a federal employee. In their complaint to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, they point to Feingold forming in 2011 Progressives United, a political action committee. From June 2013 to March 2015, Feingold was a U.S. special envoy in Africa. He was appointed to the post by Secretary of State John Kerry. Republicans claim that during his time as a federal employee, Feingold "continued to engage in partisan political activity by soliciting support for his future campaign" for the Senate.
Feingold had multiple conversations with senior Democratic leaders about the potential of a re-election bid during his tenure at the State Department. Those conversations, depending on when they occurred, could land the candidate in trouble with the Hatch Act, the nearly 80-year-old federal law that outlines what executive branch employees can and cannot do related to political activity.
Did Russ Feingold lay the groundwork for his U.S. Senate re-election bid while employed at the State Department? Doing so could be a violation of the federal Hatch Act. Wisconsin’s GOP is asking federal agents to take a closer look.
WITI:
The Republican Party of Wisconsin has filed a complaint with federal investigators alleging that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold violated a federal law that prohibits political activity by government employees…Feingold served as U.S. special envoy in Africa from June 2013 until March 2015. He didn’t announce his Senate candidacy until in May 2015, but the Republicans allege Feingold set up a political action committee and began coordinating with fellow Democrats about a potential campaign strategy while he was still State Department employee.
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WATCH: WITI: Complaint Alleges Feingold Violated Hatch Act
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