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Democrats demand probe into agencies’ forced anti-Democrat shutdown emails, citing Hatch Act violations.
Democratic leaders, including Rep. Bobby Scott, are demanding a congressional investigation into federal agencies’ use of politically charged out-of-office email replies during the 2025 government shutdown, alleging violations of the Hatch Act and federal ethics laws.
Multiple agencies, including Education, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture, reportedly altered employees’ auto-replies without consent to blame Senate Democrats for the shutdown, prompting outrage from federal workers and the American Federation of Government Employees, which has sued the Department of Education.
Critics argue the forced messaging undermines government neutrality and infringes on First Amendment rights, while the administration maintains the messages were factual.
The controversy unfolds as shutdown negotiations remain stalled.
Los demócratas exigen una investigación sobre los correos electrónicos de cierre forzado antidemócrata de las agencias, citando violaciones de la Ley Hatch.