Melania Trump’s top spokeswoman violated federal law with ‘MAGA’ tweet

First lady Melania Trump’s top spokeswoman broke a long-standing federal law by issuing a pro-Trump message from her official Twitter account earlier this year, investigators announced Thursday.

Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s press secretary and communications director, tweeted on July 11 about her time on President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, saying she “listened to her gut” and joined the White House bid.

“Life has never been the same,” Grisham tweeted from her official @StephGrisham45 handle. “So proud to work for both @POTUS @realDonaldTrump & @FLOTUS #MAGA.”

That tweet – particularly the truncated hashtag for “Make America Great Again” – was a violation of the Hatch Act, according to the U.S. Special Counsel’s office.

“Tweeting a campaign slogan of a current candidate for partisan political office constitutes political activity,” OSC Deputy Chief Eric Hamrick said in a letter. “Thus, because President Trump is a candidate for re-election, Ms. Grisham engaged in political activity when she tweeted #MAGA. Accordingly, OSC has concluded that Ms. Grisham violated the Hatch Act when she tweeted this message from her official Twitter account.”

Grisham did not return a request for comment from The New York Daily News.

Hamrick said his office will not pursue disciplinary action against Grisham since she has deleted the Hatch Act-violating tweet and hasn’t posted any other questionable messages since.

“Ms. Grisham has been advised that if in the future she engages in prohibited political activity while employed in a position covered by the Hatch Act, we will consider such activity to be a willful and knowing violation of the law, which could result in further action,” Hamrick said.

The 1939 Hatch Act prohibits any executive branch employees, except for the president and the vice president, from engaging in partisan political activity.

Members of the Trump administration have had a hard time with the Hatch Act before.

Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s senior counselor, was found to have violated the law by going on national television and urging Americans to “go buy” Ivanka Trump’s “stuff” after her company was dropped from the department store Nordstrom in February 2017.

Conway violated the law a second time when she again went on television and told Americans to vote for Roy Moore, the failed Republican Alabama Senate candidate and accused pedophile. Moore ended up losing that race to Democrat Doug Jones.

Grisham’s violation was first flagged by Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.

“This administration blatant and repeated disregard for the law is astounding and unacceptable,” Carper tweeted after the special counsel announcement. “At the very least, we should be able to trust that those who serve in the highest positions in our government will follow the law. Instead, this administration seems to promote a culture where showing that basic level of respect for the American taxpayer is optional.”