foreign political party. (7) Prior donors to the political party were invited and attended the event at the United States Embassy. (8) The leader of the foreign political party used the event at the United States Embassy to speak about campaign strategy and to display a video made ahead of the 2021 electoral campaign in the Netherlands. (9) Following news reports highlighting the similarities between the September 10, 2020, event held at the United States Embassy and a political fundraiser, Dutch lawmakers raised concerns, with one member of parliament calling on the Dutch Foreign Ministry to investigate whether Ambassador Hoekstra had facilitated a fund raising event for a political party . (10) Such behavior is part of a pattern in which Department of State officials under President Donald J. Trump have publicly engaged in political activities that break with the longstanding practice of not using one’s official position to lend support to particular parties or candidates, domestic or foreign, with whom one shares a partisan affinity. (11) In 2018, United States Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell said, from his official residence in Berlin, I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe and praised the leader of an Austrian political party, leading multiple German political figures to publicly rebuke the United States Ambassador for political interference. 3. Prohibition on hosting of foreign party political events at United States embassies (a) In general No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to host a fundraising event for, or on behalf of, a foreign political party or candidate at a United States embassy or consulate or any other United States diplomatic post. (b) Fundraising event defined In this section, the term fundraising event means an event intended to raise funds for, or on behalf of, a political party or candidate, including by knowingly facilitating contact between potential donors and political parties or candidates for fundraising purposes. (c) Restriction on