Another employee anonymously told NBC News that they’d used the standard out-of-office message that the agency had disseminated to them earlier this week. I guess they’re now making us all guilty of violating the Hatch Act,” the person said. A third employee told NBC News that they weren’t surprised by the apparent violation of the Hatch Act, or concerned that they might face repercussions for political speech they hadn’t actually made. It seems like laws are dotted lines now, not solid lines. It seems there’s no one to hold this administration accountable to laws,” they said.