she dove head first into that one. in the last six months, 18 times she has cited the hatch act, all right? that s the setup for my colleague dana to go ahead and ask you the appropriate question. dana: i just feel that the hatch act is not supposed to be an escape hatch for this particular issue. one of the things she could have done if she was looking for a safe port in a storm is to say the justice department is has just released an indictment. we ll let this criminal case go through. i ll refer you to the dnc for more. to say that she can t personally comment on it because of the hatch act, i don t think the counsel s office would probably agree with that. they might prove me wrong. you are exactly right. dana: good. the hatch act the 1939 act the u.s. office of special counsel has this handy dandy website where they say the purpose of the act is to maintain a federal workforce