Hatch Act complaints (Comey)

The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in certain political activities. We believe FBI Director James Comey engaged in some highly partisan actions during the election, publicly releasing confidential information and exploiting his office for Republican political benefit, most egregiously in October 2016, some 12 days before the 2016 presidential election of the United States.

Hillary Clinton's team estimated the effect of his information release and 'spin' as much as minus 9 points, which happened during early voting in many states. These actions had significant influence on the election.

The Hatch Act was passed in 1939 after federal employees abused their positions to help (at the time) democrats win congressional elections. The Hatch Act prohibits certain political activities by federal employees, especially the exploitation of a federal office for political gain. An independent office called the Office of Special Counsel enforces the Hatch Act's provisions, and citizens can submit Hatch Act complaints themselves to ths office for investigation.

We encourage United States Citizens to join us in filing Hatch Act complaints with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. We have a pre-filled out complaint below - a submitter would need to fill in their personal details on page 2, choose a level of investigative disclosure (we recommend consent statement 2) on page 5 and sign on page 6, then mail or fax (Free online fax service) the form to the OSC (details on page 1).

We welcome anyone's advice or feedback to make this a better complaint for the OSC to investigate. If you would prefer to complete your own form, it can be found on the Office of Special Counsel's website (PDF)