Media bashes Trump admin messaging for pinning shutdown on Dems, White House fires back

"And now, the Democrats are upset the administration is sharing the truth - they are desperately trying to lie to the American people because they know their shutdown is hurting families and workers around the country," Jackson added. "Unfortunately for the Democrats, facts are facts."

Fox News Digital obtained a DOJ memo which was sent to all employees of the agency outlining the plan for furloughing federal employees in the event of a shutdown, stating DOJ "has contingency plans in place for executing an orderly shutdown of activities that would be affected by any lapse in appropriations forced by Congressional Democrats."

Reports also suggested that the administration may be in violation of the Hatch Act, a federal law that prevents tax dollars from being spent in a partisan or politically biased manner, as a result of the messaging.  

Legal expert Andrew Cherkasy, co-founder of Golden Law, Inc. and former Air Force JAG, told Fox News Digital that "the Hatch Act does not apply to the President or Vice President. It does apply to most other federal employees."

"The law is intended to prohibit government officials from using their official authority to interfere with, or affect elections," Cherkasky explained. "The President of the United States and his agents under his authority have an unquestionable constitutional right to speak directly to the American people about what is happening in their government and who is responsible for it." 

"For years, unelected bureaucrats and left-leaning agencies openly leaked, editorialized, and interfered in policy debates without consequence," Cherkasky told Fox. "The Hatch Act does not prohibit the President from holding democrats accountable for shutting down the government."

The federal government entered a partial shutdown at midnight Wednesday morning after a bill that would fund the government through Nov. 21 failed in the Senate. 

Senate Democrats pushed for Obamacare subsidies that were set to expire to be included in the legislation and reportedly felt sidelined in negotiations surrounding government funding.