Is Harry Reid and CNN really this dump. The Hatch Act does not apply to executive department employees above a certain level. The President and Vice President along with. ...”an employee appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose position is located within the United States, who determines policies to be pursued by the United States in the nationwide administration of Federal laws.” The FBI Director may well be exempt from the Hatch Act.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act_of_1939#Provisions
Yes, Harry is this stupid. This is why people like this need to go, and they are not entitled to a retirement