April Sands, a former employee at the Federal
Election Commission who resigned in the spring after admitting to violations of
the Hatch Act. That law puts restrictions on the ability of government
officials to conduct political activities while on the job, or from government
offices. The FEC is an independent agency, but Sands’ emails clearly indicated
she favored Obama’s re-election in 2012. Before the election, she tweeted
things like:
“Our #POTUS’s birthday is August 4. He’ll be 51.
I’m donating at least $51 to give him the best birthday present ever: a second
term.” In another tweet, she said anyone supporting Republicans is her “enemy.”
“The bias exhibited in these messages is striking,
especially for an attorney charged with the responsibility to enforce federal
election laws fairly and dispassionately,
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