What is the scope of employee in this sentence?

Question

Here is a sentence in Law
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For purposes of this chapter, the term “employee” includes an officer, employee, or elected official of the United States, a State, or any political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing. The term “employee” also includes an officer of a corporation.
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My question. Does the word employee qualify as being an employee of the United States, or is it all employees irrespective.

Answer 1

Your wrote: "My question. Does the work employee qualified as being employee of the United States, or is it all employees irrespective."

 

Did you mean: My question. Does the word employee qualify as being employee of the United States, or is it all employees irrespective.

 

Your question is less clear than the legalese! Note the circularity of the word employee in its definition!