Fact-checking President Trump's Fox News interview
In an interview Friday morning with Fox News, President Donald Trump was asked to address a recent government report reprimanding White House adviser Kellyanne Conway for violating the Hatch Act by"disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity." The 11-page report, submitted by the Office of Special Counsel recommended that Conway be removed from her post in the administration.
On Fox, Trump said he had no intentions of firing Conway, and argued that the Hatch Act goes against the First Amendment."It looks to me like they're trying to take away her right of free speech. And that's just not fair," Trump said.In a statement following the OSC's report, the White House made the same argument as Trump, that this would violate Conway's First Amendment right.
Talking to foreign dignitariesAlso during his Fox interview on Friday, Trump equated information heard during his private conversations with foreign dignitaries to being offered dirt on a political opponent from a hostile foreign government. "One thing that's different with the President -- I had dinner with the Queen. I met with the Prime Minister of the UK. I was with the head of France, with the head of all these nations that are constantly -- constantly talking to them.
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