Fudge’s violation appears to be the first for the Biden administration, according to Politico.
Americans for Public Trust, a conservative watchdog group, filed a complaint over her comments, asking the Office of Special Counsel to investigate.
The day after Fudge weighed in on the Senate race, she issued a statement acknowledging she shouldn’t have answered the question. "I take these things seriously and I want to assure the American people that I am focused on meeting the needs of our country," she said, according to Politico.
Ana Galindo-Marrone, chief of OSC’s Hatch Act unit, said in a letter to Americans for Public Trust the agency had issued a warning to Fudge and counseled her about the violation and had closed the matter since she showed remorse her statement saying she shouldn’t have weighed in, Politico reported.