@couriercolorado: During a House hearing on the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act, Colorado Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse questioned a Republican colleague about language requiring the new DOJ division to comply with the Hatch Act. He then pointed to Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Sept. 9 appearance at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, where Blanche delivered a law-and-order speech praising the Trump administration. The Hatch Act covers most federal executive-branch employees and restricts the use of official authority for partisan political purposes, though certain presidential appointees have different rules governing when and where they may engage in political activity. House Democrats have separately argued that Blanche’s convention appearance violated the law. #coloradonews #uspolitics #joeneguse