Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is calling for an investigation into Republican messaging on the ongoing government shutdown.

“I write regarding the Trump Administration’s apparent violations of the Hatch Act, and illegal use of government resources to promote a false, partisan Republican political agenda,” Garcia wrote in a Thursday letter to acting special counsel Jamieson Greer.

“On September 30, 2025, the Trump Administration posted political messages regarding the current government shutdown on at least one agency website and via official government........

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