Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., on Thursday asked Special Counsel Jamieson Greer to investigate the Trump administration for alleged Hatch Act violations regarding government shutdown messaging. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Rep. Robert Garcia wants the Office of Special Counsel to investigate the Trump administration for alleged Hatch Act violations arising from government shutdown messaging.
Garcia, D-Calif., is the ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and on Thursday in a letter to Acting Special Counsel Jamieson Greer said the Trump administration has illegally used government resources to promote false and partisan political messaging.
He said the Trump administration posted false and partisan political messages on at least one federal agency website on Sept. 30 and in emails to federal employees.
"The Hatch Act imposes clear restrictions on the political activity of federal executive branch employees and does not allow activity 'directed toward the success or failure of a political party, partisan political group or candidate for partisan political office,'" Garcia wrote.
