WaPo: “A former Federal Elections Commission employee and an Air Force civilian admitted to engaging in prohibited political activities on the job, including criticizing the 2012 presidential nominees, according to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.”

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The FEC worker’s actions add fuel to Republican suspicions that the agency, which enforces campaign-finance laws, has become a tool for the left. GOP lawmakers have suggested that the commission has long wanted to undermine the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited funds on elections.

“I think you can understand why reports of this nature make Republicans somewhat wary of the FEC and [its] ability to regulate their behavior,” Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) said Wednesday during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing.