DEEP STATE DEEP-STATING: Hatch Act investigation could be ahead for acting Attorney General Whitaker

An independent federal agency is looking into donations made earlier this year to acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's 2014 Senate campaign, according to a new report.

Such contributions might violate the Hatch Act, which limits the ways federal government employees can engage in political activity.

CNN reported that four contributors donated a total of $8,800 to Whitaker's Senate campaign committee in January and February, while Whitaker was chief of staff at the Department of Justice. The campaign committee still owes nearly $50,000 to Whitaker himself from his unsuccessful attempt at one of Iowa's Senate seats.

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