Watchdog: UN Ambassador Haley violated federal law by retweeting President Trump endorsement

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley's use of her Twitter account violated a federal law that bars federal employees from using their offices for political purposes, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Oct 3. In a letter to the watchdog group Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW), the deputy chief of OSC's Hatch Act Unit said that Haley was in clear violation of the Hatch Act when she retweeted the president's endorsement of Ralph Norman, who was running for a South Carolina House seat at the time. Norman went on to win the election. The retweet suggested that she was acting in her official capacity when she appeared to second the president's endorsement, according to the OSC.