What happens when federal workers get political

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🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Lisa Rein reports on the Hatch Act and the uneven way the anti-corruption law has been enforced for the past three years. Matt Zapotosky breaks down what we know about Stephen K. Bannon’s arrest. And remembering actor Chadwick Boseman.

As Trump appointees flout the Hatch Act, civil servants who get caught get punished.

Steve Bannon has been charged with defrauding donors in a private effort to raise money for Trump’s border wall.

Chadwick Boseman praised student protesters in his 2018 commencement speech at Howard University. Watch the video.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:05.0	Hi, this is Ben Terris coming from the Washington Post.
0:08.0	Hi, Jack.
0:09.0	Look, wintery.
0:10.0	Oprah.
0:11.0	Hi there.
0:12.0	How are you?
0:13.0	It's Lisa bonus, coming from the post.
0:14.0	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm routine powers.
0:19.0	It's Monday, August 31st.
0:24.0	Today, the Hatch Act and Wyatt Matters.
0:27.0	It's the Georgia's against Steve Bannon.
0:29.0	And remembering Chadwick Boseman.
0:36.0	Hatch Act is a law that most people who don't work in government know little about.
0:41.0	And it was passed by Congress in 1939 during the New Deal.
0:46.0	And it was passed as an anti-corruption law that said politics could not be mixed with government employment.
0:57.0	I'm Lisa Reign and I cover federal agencies for the post.
1:02.0	And so that law still applies to today, right?
1:06.0	That basically it prevents people who work for the federal government to use their jobs as a form of political campaigning.
1:13.0	Correct.
1:14.0	That's right.
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