> Not that I am a politics junkie but I don't recall any incident where a cabinet level officer has made a public presentation urging the public to vote one way or the other. I suspect they are very coached on the hatch act and made to understand that for them the consequences are likely to be severe.
There were some blatant, widely reported violations of the Hatch Act during the Trump administration. Unprosecuted, unless I missed something. I didn't follow this topic too closely either - that administration had ahem an awful lot going on - but people found by the OSC to have violated the Hatch Act included a few cabinet members. (I think how many depends on whether you want to count "acting" cabinet members unconfirmed by congress)
Bigger picture, I'm not sure I agree that they got the memo about violations of the Hatch Act having severe consequences. I remember media stories along the lines of "this upcoming scheduled campaign event at the White House would appear to possibly violate the Hatch Act" and the emergence of those stories did not result in a change of behavior. But they were protected in ways a VA Joe Schmoe would not be, and knew it.
There were some blatant, widely reported violations of the Hatch Act during the Trump administration. Unprosecuted, unless I missed something. I didn't follow this topic too closely either - that administration had ahem an awful lot going on - but people found by the OSC to have violated the Hatch Act included a few cabinet members. (I think how many depends on whether you want to count "acting" cabinet members unconfirmed by congress)
Bigger picture, I'm not sure I agree that they got the memo about violations of the Hatch Act having severe consequences. I remember media stories along the lines of "this upcoming scheduled campaign event at the White House would appear to possibly violate the Hatch Act" and the emergence of those stories did not result in a change of behavior. But they were protected in ways a VA Joe Schmoe would not be, and knew it.
https://osc.gov/Documents/Hatch%20Act/Reports/Investigation%... https://www.congress.gov/event/116th-congress/house-event/LC... https://osc.gov/News/Pages/21-02-Hatch-Act-Report-RNC.aspx