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Page 508 - We also note that long standing Department policies addressing employee participation in

political activity place greater restrictions on the political activities of presidential appointees than does

the Hatch Act. The Department’s stated purpose for further restricting the political activities of

political appointees is to ensure that “there is not an appearance that politics plays any part in the

Department’s day to day operations.” Among other things, Department policy prohibited Kadzik from

participating in political activity “in concert” with a political party, partisan group, or candidate for

partisan political office, even when off duty. We believe that it is a close question whether Kadzik

violated Department policy by acting “in concert” with the campaign when he sent Podesta the “Heads

up” email. Even if Kadzik did not violate the letter of the Department’s policy, he certainly intended to

provide assistance, however small, directly to Podesta, the campaign Chairman, which was

inconsistent with the stated intent of the policy.