Trump Puts Aides on Tightrope With White House Acceptance Speech

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Trump’s idea to give his nomination acceptance speech from the South Lawn of the White House may be legal -- for him. But it lays out a minefield of problems for the staff charged with putting such an event together.

Legal experts said White House staff would violate the federal Hatch Act by planning or participating in such an event. The Hatch Act bars U.S. government employees from conducting any political activities during work hours, while in a government building or while wearing a government uniform.

The president -- as Trump himself highlighted Wednesday -- and vice president are exempt from the law. But everyone else who works at the White House, from the chief of staff to the groundskeepers and event planners, are not.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. But who will enforce it? Surely not Trump's DoJ.

[CanonRay]

2. Laws are for us peons.

[musclecar6]

3. Laws

Are for other people. If King Donald wants to use the White House to announce, then the serfs must be at his beck and call ignoring any laws.

[irisblue]

4. Suffer the fears Staffers, suffer

[Lucinda]

5. KNR