A watchdog explains that Becerra should have known better, as he participated in “comprehensive training on the Hatch Act.
the federal Hatch Act last year by publicly endorsing Sen. Alex Padilla’s re-election, a federal watchdog found Tuesday.
“To my brother, my friend and senator, and someone I will be voting for in a little bit more than a month, Alex Padilla, thank you so much, senator, for being there for all of us,” Becerra said after accepting an award at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Annual Awards Gala on Sept. 15, 2022.notes that Becerra’s “statement was so obviously concerning that a member of his own staff, present at the Gala, gasped and said, ‘no, no, you can’t say that’ immediately after hearing it.
The watchdog explains that Becerra should have known better, as he participated in “comprehensive training on the Hatch Act, including a presentation from the White House Counsel’s Office just three months before the Gala.”In an email to the OSC included in Tuesday’s report, Becerra explained that he “did not intend” to interfere with the 2022 midterm election in California with his support for Padilla, adding: “I regret this inadvertent violation.
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