The batted away new lines of questioning Thursday about cocaine discovered at the White House – with a spokesman invoking the Hatch Act to avoid giving a direct answer to a charge leveled by .White House spokesman Andrew Bates was asked about 'pretty wild' posts by the former president, who claimed cocaine discovered at the White House Sunday belonged to the president or his son Hunter, who has acknowledged illegal drug use in the past but says he is clean now.'I don't have a response to that because we have to be careful about the Hatch Act,' Bates responded, invoking the law barring politicking by government officials during their official duties. White House Press Secretary has regularly used the law as a crutch during briefings, but recently got her own warning about running afoul of its intricacies from the Office of Special Counsel.
Load More
Load More