From: Mother Jones
“It’s hard to think of a scenario where an attorney general would be held to account because of administrative violations,” says Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which represents federal whistleblowers. He notes that the White House has thus far declined to discipline multiple officials for violations of the Hatch Act, which bars government employees from using their office to influence political races. “It would be up to either the president to take action or the attorney general to punish himself.”
