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   From: impeach_obama@yahoo.com   
      
   Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius violated   
   federal law by campaigning for President Obama on the taxpayers’   
   dime, but now that initial violation has the Democratic National   
   Committee and an HHS aide in the spotlight for related alleged   
   infractions.   
      
   A nonprofit government watchdog filed a complaint alleging that   
   the DNC violated campaign finance law by misreporting the money   
   it spent to reimburse HHS for Sebelius’ trip in a way that   
   masked the fact that the Hatch Act, a ban on political   
   campaigning by government employees working in their official   
   capacity, had been violated.   
      
   “The DNC described the purpose of the expenditure as simply as   
   ‘travel,’ thereby avoiding any acknowledgement that the purpose   
   of the expenditure was to reimburse the federal government for   
   Secretary Sebelius’ Hatch Act violation,” Cause of Action   
   explained in a complaint to the Federal Elections Commission.   
      
   If the DNC had described properly the expenditures, which were   
   paid out in April and August of 2012, it would have implicitly   
   admitted that the law had been broken even before the Office of   
   Special Counsel concluded its investigation into Sebelius’ trip   
   to North Carolina, where she spoke at the Human Rights Campaign   
   Gala. Sebelius attended the gala on official business, but added   
   extemporaneous remarks in support of President Obama and a   
   Democratic gubernatorial candidate.   
      
   “Not only is it that the DNC is not being transparent about what   
   it’s using its funds for reimbursement of, but it’s also   
   violating the intent and letter of the Federal Elections   
   Campaign Act,” Cause of Action’s Dan Epstein said in a phone   
   interview with The Washington Examiner. “Whether it’s to cover   
   up the Hatch Act violation or to just not properly report it,   
   it’s very clear that it’s not properly reported — [for] the   
   reason why, one would have to look into the minds of the lawyers   
   at the DNC.”   
      
   Epstein floated the idea that the DNC reimbursed HHS (rather   
   than the Treasury Department) and classified it as travel,   
   rather than as a reimbursement for an independent expenditure in   
   order to avoid the appearance that the Treasury Department had   
   effectively loaned money to the Obama campaign for the trip   
   (which would be another violation of federal law, he said).   
      
   Cause of Action also noted another wrinkle: HHS’   
   reclassification of the trip as a campaign trip means that A.J.   
   Pearlman, the adviser who traveled to the event with Sebelius,   
   also violated the Hatch Act.   
      
   “That assistant’s participation in the event in North Carolina   
   would in fact be a Hatch Act violation,” Cause of Action said in   
   another complaint to the Office of Special Counsel.   
      
   Cause of Action blamed Obama and Sebelius for compromising   
   Pearlman. “The consequence here is that A.J. Pearlman is thrown   
   under the bus by Sebelius. Sebelius asked the DNC to reimburse   
   HHS for A.J. Pearlman’s activities, which basically [means] A.J.   
   Pearlman violated the Hatch Act, which means A.J. Pearlman needs   
   to be disciplined, most likely fired,” Epstein explained. “Even   
   though she didn’t intend to engage in any political activity,   
   she was just doing what she was told.”   
      
   An OSC spokesperson said it could not comment on the Hatch Act   
   complaint, due to privacy laws.   
      
   http://washingtonexaminer.com/complaint-sebelius-illegal-   
   campaign-trip-for-obama-worse-than-we-thought/article/2520096   
      
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