Trump says he won't fire Kellyanne Conway over Hatch Act, defends her words as 'free speech'

President Donald Trump defended senior aide Kellyanne Conway on Friday from a watchdog report that found she violated a federal law that prohibits political speech in her official capacity, calling her words an expression of “free speech.”

Trump dismissed the recommendation from the Office of Special Counsel that Conway be removed from her job for "egregious, notorious and ongoing" violations of the Hatch Act.

Trump said he was briefed on the report, but would not fire Conway.

"It looks to me like they’re trying to take away her right...