Ivanka Trump’s 2020 tweet violated Hatch Act, watchdog says

Washington-based Crew says tweet about her father’s re-election bid breaks rule that limits political activity by federal workers

Ivanka Trump has been accused of violating the Hatch Act, which bans government workers from speaking out on political campaign issues, over a tweet she wrote before her father’s 2020 presidential campaign launch.

The influential Washington-based watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew) has filed a complaint against Donald Trump’s daughter, a senior presidential aide who works in the White House as an adviser, albeit unsalaried.

In a letter to the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), part of the Department of Justice, Crew said her tweet, posted on Father’s Day last weekend, just a few days before Trump’s re-election campaign launch in Florida, included his 2016 campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” and claimed “the best is yet to come”.

The tweet in question reads: “Four years ago today, I introduced my father @realDonaldTrump when he launched a Campaign that would forever change America. Because of his courage, Americans are safer and more prosperous…and the best is yet to come!” She signed off the tweet with the words “Happy Father’s Day!” and an emoji of the American flag.
Accompanying the message was an image from the June 2015 event at Trump Tower when Trump launched his presidential run that shows her applauding her father to the backdrop of a campaign banner emblazoned with her father’s name and now infamous slogan.

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