The White House denied Scavino had run afoul of the law. #TrumpTrain, defeat him in primary," Scavino tweeted. They said it didn't matter that Scavino tweeted from an account marked as "personal" and not from his official government Twitter account. De facto means that if you tweet only about WH work from your account, it's an official account. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe White House said in a statement that the tweet did not violate federal law "as it clearly comes from his personal account and not his official White House account."

Source: New York Times April 01, 2017 21:36 UTC