Local and national leaders raised legal, ethical and law enforcement complications if the speech is made on government property, an option after two sites were rejected.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted that a political convention gathering at the White House “won’t happen,” for legal and ethical reasons, while D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said she did not plan to offer “any exemptions” for the event from a recent health order that restricts the movement of nonessential visitors to the city from 27 states with elevated rates of the virus.
When asked about Republican concerns over the legality of using the White House for a political event, Trump was dismissive. “It is legal,” he said during a Wednesday evening news conference.Trump has traveled to several key November states in recent months to hold rallies and fundraisers, but former vice president
Under the mayor’s order, government employees, including the president, are exempted from the quarantine rules and are allowed to move around as soon as they arrive in D.C., as long as they monitor themselves for symptoms. “I don’t know we anticipate any exemptions for the quarantine until we lift the quarantine,” she said.Civil rights leaders are planning a march in Washington that could draw thousands to the city on Aug. 28, one day after Trump plans to deliver his acceptance speech. The Rev. Al Sharpton, who is organizing the march, said he has been working with Bowser’s office to ensure that the event does not violate local rules.
The Hatch Act exempts both the president and the vice president from restrictions and does not apply to “rooms in the White House or in the residence of the Vice President, which are part of the residence area or which are not regularly used solely in the discharge of official duties.” Hatch Act violations are investigated by the Office of Special Counsel, which refers its findings back to the White House to take further action.
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