House Oversight Democrats call for investigation into Trump administration’s shutdown messages Politics Oct 2, 2025 4:13 PM EDT

Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, suggested in a letter to the U.S. Office of the Special Counsel that the Trump administration has made “apparent violations of the Hatch Act, and illegal use of government resources to promote a false, partisan Republican political agenda.”

“Messages shared by multiple Trump Administration agencies in the last few days attempt to place blame for the current government shutdown on congressional Democrats and the Democratic Party,” Garcia’s letter reads, citing social media posts from department secretaries and messages on the websites of federal agencies.

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