Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose how the Trump administration illegally changed federal employees’ email auto-replies to blame a government shutdown on Democrats, violating the 1939 Hatch Act that prohibits partisan political activity by government workers. The hosts reveal how the Office of Management and Budget directed IT departments to replace neutral out-of-office messages with partisan language claiming “Democrat senators are blocking passage” and referencing the “Democrat shutdown” across agencies including the Small Business Administration, Department of Labor, Department of Education, and Health and Human Services—all without employees’ knowledge or consent, sent from official government email addresses in clear violation of the Hatch Act’s prohibition against federal employees making political statements in their official capacity.