🏖️Cabinet officials attend Mar-a-Lago fundraisers amid Hatch Act concerns

Since 1939, this law prevents federal employees from using government positions for political campaigns—when cabinet members attend partisan fundraisers, they violate the principle that taxpayers shouldn't fund political activities regardless of party

The Constitution forbids officials from enriching the president's businesses, but Mar-a-Lago charges $200,000+ for events—cabinet attendance forces taxpayers to pay Trump's company while mixing official duties with personal profit

When cabinet members become campaign surrogates, they can't objectively serve the public interest—historically, this led to scandals like Teapot Dome (1920s) where officials used government positions for personal political gain

Mixing government service with partisan politics undermines public trust in institutions—when cabinet members campaign instead of governing, citizens lose faith that officials serve the nation rather than the party