Budget Director Mick Mulvaney (Credit: AP/Susan Walsh) President Donald Trump’s budget director is facing heat for a Thursday tweet that one watchdog group claims violated a law prohibiting political activities by federal employees. Director Mulvaney's statement on Larry Kudlow joining President Trump's administration as Director of the National Economic Council. pic.twitter.com/fToyCZfKct — OMB Press (@OMBPress) March 15, 2018 “The inclusion of the ‘#MAGAnomics’ hashtag constitutes prohibited political activity under the Hatch Act, which bars executive branch employees from using their ‘official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election,'” said Karl Frisch, the executive director of consumer watchdog group Allied Progress.