- Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated the Hatch Act by expressing support for Democratic Senator Alex Padilla’s re-election at a public event last year, a U.S. government watchdog said Tuesday.
- The U.S. Office of Special Counsel report cited Becerra’s comments that he intended to vote for Padilla while speaking at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus dinner in September in his official capacity as having “mixed his personal electoral preference with official remarks.”
- Becerra, President Joe Biden’s top health official, acknowledged his comments but said they were unintentional.
