Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked the Office of the Special Counsel ("OSC") to investigate whether former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey Chris Christie violated the Hatch Act by discussing a run for Governor of New Jersey with then-White House official Karl Rove while he was still the U.S. Attorney.
And their Executive Director was pretty blunt in her assessment:
CREW executive director Melanie Sloan stated, "The Hatch Act is intended to ensure federal employees do their jobs without regard to partisan politics. Mr. Christie's actions call into question whether the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office investigated and prosecuted cases based on application of the law to the facts, or because certain prosecutions might have enhanced his prospects of securing the Republican nomination for governor."
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