BREAKING: Judicial Watch obtained 900 pages of docs from the #EPA that reveal the agency’s use of the mass-sharing #Thunderclap social media platform to covertly promote its policies – in violation of federal law. (1/5)
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The docs show that #EPA staffers used the #Thunderclap platform – which shares messages across many FB, Twitter, & Tumblr accounts simultaneously – to recruit outside groups to lobby in support of the #CleanWaterRule. (2/5)
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Federal law prohibits agencies like the #EPA from engaging in propaganda efforts. Federal law also prohibits agencies like the #EPA from using federal resources to conduct grassroots lobbying. (3/5)
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Judicial Watch President @TomFitton: “The #Obama #EPA knowingly did an end run around federal law to push an #Obama environmental power grab. These docs show how #Obama-era bureaucrats seemed to be more like social activists than public employees.” (4/5)
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Judicial Watch hopes that President @realdonaldtrump does some major housecleaning at the #EPA. (5/5)
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