US Representatives Darrell Issa and Jim Jordan are upset because Barbara Bosserman, an attorney in the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, may have been  been appointed to head up the investigation into the IRS’s alleged targeting of conservative groups in the 2010 and 2012 election cycles.  As the letter reveals, Bosserman has contributed several thousand dollars to President Obama’s political campaigns and the Democratic National Committee.

One question may be, “Assuming Issa and Jordan are correct, has Bosserman possibly violated the Hatch Act by making the contributions identified in the letter?”

Probably not.  The Hatch Act prohibits specific political activities by certain government officials such as Bosserman,  but it also allows participation in other activities.  As long as the donations she made were lawful campaign donations and nothing more, they would not violate the Hatch Act.