House panel votes to subpoena Kellyanne Conway over Hatch Act violations
Posted on AllSides June 26th, 2019
From The Left
The House Oversight Committee voted on Wednesday to subpoena testimony from White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after a federal agency recommended that she should be fired for repeatedly violating a law that limits the political activities of federal employees.
Chairman Elijah Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, has warned that his panel would vote to hold Conway in contempt if she ignores the subpoena. Conway did not appear on Wednesday on the advice of White House counsel for the committee's scheduled hearing.
The vote -- 25 to 16, with Democrats and Rep....