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Republicans are investigating another Obama administration official who played politics on the job but escaped prosecution when the Federal Election Commission recycled her hard drive before evidence could be recovered.
April J. Sands resigned her position as an FEC attorney in April 2014 after investigators confronted her with tweets she sent and a video interview she conducted during work hours, advocating for the election of President Barack Obama and other Democratic candidates – and asking people to contribute to their campaigns.
When the FEC's Office of Inspector General began the process of filing criminal charges, however, it Found that the agency had destroyed her computer's hard drive before it could be seized.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2692218/Another-recycled-hard-drive-Former-Lois-Lerner-deputy-prosecuted-fundraising-Democrats-job-FEC-destroyed-evidence.html
Another 'recycled' hard drive: Former Lois Lerner deputy can't be prosecuted for fundraising for Democrats on the job because the FEC destroyed the evidence
April Sands was a Federal Election Commission lawyer before she resigned this year and accepted a ban on holding government jobs until 2016
She was former IRS official Lois Lerner's deputy when she was at the FEC
Like the allegations against Lerner, Sands admitted violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits government workers from advocating for candidates
And as seems to be the case with Lerner, Sands escaped prosecution because her hard drive mysteriously 'crashed' and was recycled
She was known as 'Obama girl' in her office, and a colleague recalled how she boasted that Obama's 2012 campaign would hire her away
By DAVID MARTOSKO, U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 02:50 EST, 15 July 2014 | UPDATED: 03:28 EST, 15 July 2014
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