A watchdog group on Friday issued a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, saying an “entirely political” email from the Biden-Harris Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to Medicare recipients should be investigated as a Hatch Act violation.
The complaint cites a report from The Daily Wire about a taxpayer-funded email blast that was sent in September from HHS and praised Vice President Kamala Harris.
The email went to everyone signed up to receive updates on the government’s Medicare program, which is used by 66 million people. It featured a letter from President Joe Biden highlighting the administration’s “historic reforms” to the program, attributing the benefits to the work of Harris, the Democratic nominee for President.
“We request the Office of Special Counsel investigate whether Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and other federal employees violated the Hatch Act by sending a blatant political email to…
