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In a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, the United States Postal Service felt the heat bipartisan scorn for decades of violations of federal election laws. “A new report tonight states that Postal Service employees were allowed to take leave from their jobs and still get paid as they campaigned for Hillary Clinton last year,” announced Fox News Channel Anchor Bret Baier during Special Report. Evening in light of the report by Postal Service’s oversight office, ABC, CBS, and NBC failed to inform their viewers.
The systemic disregard for federal election law wasn’t just the concern of Fox News. Even the liberal Washington Post found the need to report it to their readers. “The Postal Service’s Office of Special Counsel and inspector general found that the agency violated the Hatch Act, which restricts federal employees from working for or against a political candidate or party during election season,” wrote Lisa Rein.
“These allegations came to light because of one person, a postal worker named Timm Kopp. Investigators say he did something no one else did: spoke up,” reported Fox News Correspondent Ellison Barber.
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