

"The report outlines how the 13 officials used their official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the result of the 2020 presidential election," OSC said in a statement. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) said the Trump administration exhibited a "willful disregard for the Hatch Act" that was "especially pernicious considering the timing of when many of these violations took place." Legislation like the Protecting Our Democracy Act would fix that."

"There are significant enforcement challenges to enforcing the Hatch Act. As federal investigators announced Tuesday that at least 13 senior Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act-a key law restricting campaign activities by government employees-a leading ethics advocacy group responded by calling on Congress to pass the Protecting Our Democracy Act.
