Levin says two nonpartisan agencies used the days before the election to send emails promoting Trump's agenda
Mike LevinU.S. Representative from California, in a thread on his official Bluesky account
Rep. Mike Levin says the IRS and the Social Security Administration, which are supposed to be nonpartisan, sent Americans emails promoting Trump's political agenda in the days before the election, and that the emails raise serious questions about whether the Hatch Act was violated.
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The Social Security Administration and IRS emails praising President Trump days before the November 3 midterms may have violated the Hatch Act.
“Two taxpayer-funded federal agencies, which are supposed to be nonpartisan, decided that the days leading up to an election were the perfect time to send Americans emails promoting Donald Trump's political agenda.”
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Social Security and IRS emails praise Trump days before the midterms; law professors and Rep. Mike Levin raise Hatch Act concerns
On October 30 and 31, 2026, people with online Social Security accounts received an email from Frank Bisignano, the Social Security commissioner, saying that under President Donald J. Trump the agency is transforming into a model of excellence. A separate IRS email under Bisignano's name, as the agency's chief executive, credited Trump's Working Families Tax Cuts and told recipients they are keeping more of what they earn because of his tax cuts. The emails went out days before the November 3 midterm elections. Law professor Kathleen Clark told The New York Times the emails seemed to function as propaganda rather than public service announcements, and law professor Richard Painter said they were sent just before the election to persuade people that Trump was doing a good job. Rep. Mike Levin said the emails raise serious questions under the Hatch Act, which restricts partisan political activity by federal employees. No authority has ruled on the emails, and we did not find a public response from either agency as of November 10, 2026.
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Five-post thread from Levin's official Bluesky account linking a Washington Post report on the IRS email and asking whether the emails violated the Hatch Act.
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Levin opens the thread by asking whether the administration has ever read the Hatch Act and linking a Washington Post report that the IRS and the Social Security Administration sent mass emails praising Trump days before Election Day.
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He adds that the IRS has delayed releasing tax data showing who benefited from the tax cuts, says the emails raise serious questions about whether the Hatch Act was violated, and says the public deserves answers about who authorized them.
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The reference point is the mass emails the Social Security Administration and the IRS sent under Frank Bisignano's name days before the November 3, 2026 midterms, crediting President Trump with the agencies' performance and the tax cuts. Levin says the agencies used official emails to promote Trump's agenda before the vote and asks whether federal resources were misused for political purposes, which condemns the emails.
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