Christy McCormick, the Republican vice-chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, acknowledged she is under investigation for falsely claiming in October that Democrats rely on voting by undocumented immigrants. A nonpartisan legal group filed a complaint in December alleging her statements violated the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from using their office for partisan purposes. The investigation matters because the EAC is supposed to operate as an impartial, bipartisan agency helping all states administer elections fairly — McCormick's framing frames her alleged violations as political attacks rather than examining what investigations have actually been opened or findings reached.