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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: President Donald Trump stops to talk to reporters as he departs the White House for a trip to Ohio where he will visit a Whirlpool factory on August 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. After the visit to the factory he will attend a fundraising reception and then head to his properties in New Jersey for the weekend. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Donald Trump WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: President Donald Trump stops to talk to reporters as he departs the White House for a trip to Ohio where he will visit a Whirlpool factory on August 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. After the visit to the factory he will attend a fundraising reception and then head to his properties in New Jersey for the weekend. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Donald Trump
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President Donald Trump speaks during a news briefing at the White House, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald Trump speaks during a news briefing at the White House, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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08.06.20 | 1:37 pm
UNITED STATES - MAY 27: House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - MAY 27: House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Clyburn Tears Into Trump’s Coronavirus Response: ‘We Do Not Have A National Plan’
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on June 24, 2014 in Washington, DC. on June 24, 2014 in Washington, DC.
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08.05.20 | 3:15 pm
UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 21: Fiona Hill, former National Security Council Russia adviser, arrives back from a break in the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump in Longworth Building on Thursday, November 21, 2019. David Holmes, counselor for political affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, also testified. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 21: Fiona Hill, former National Security Council Russia adviser, arrives back from a break in the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump in Longworth Building on Thursday, November 21, 2019. David Holmes, counselor for political affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, also testified. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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08.05.20 | 1:16 pm
Where Things Stand: They’re Not Even Trying To Hide It These Days Prime Badge
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08.05.20 | 12:43 pm

While President Trump himself is exempt from the rules of the Hatch Act, it would appear he’s not even trying to adhere to precedent as he vies for a second term.

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