“Due to the Radical Left Democrat shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse,” it reads. “They’re so highly partisan, and they’re conveying a political message,” Painter told TribLive on Thursday. Both of those statutes are implicated by the messaging from the Trump administration, Painter said. “It’s really close to the line on the Hatch Act,” Painter said. Ethics violations can also be investigated by federal agency inspectors general or the head of the Office of Government Ethics.