Under these rules, the top 50 U.S. DOJ, FBI and CIA officials would all have to step down immediately.
I don’t know the intricacies, but the Hatch Act is supposed to block Civil Servants from campaigning or acting in a “political” manner. Politicians are not covered — they can be active in political events. But government bureaucrats cannot. I believe this may become relevant soon, because our intelligence community is blatantly politicalized. .