Partisan Tensions Escalate Over Shutdown Messaging and Email Conduct

TL;DR
Democrats are calling for hearings to investigate whether the Trump administration violated ethics rules by having federal agencies send out politically charged out-of-office email replies during the government shutdown, potentially violating the Hatch Act and infringing on federal employees' rights.
Topics:nationpolitics#email-replies#federal-employees#government-shutdown#hatch-act#partisan-politics#politics
- Democrats want investigation into shutdown out-of-office email replies ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Democrats take legal aim at 'the Radical Left' language during shutdown NPR
- Education Department employees' emails changed automatically to blame Democrats for shutdown NBC News
- Partisan Shutdown Messages Could Hurt Civil Service, Experts Warn The New York Times
- Trump administration ‘co-opted the voices’ of Education employees in shutdown blame game, union lawsuit alleges Government Executive
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