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Sen. Hawley Asks Energy Secretary Granholm: Why Did You Lie to Congress About Holding Stocks?
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is asking President Joe Biden’s Energy Department Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, why she seemingly lied to Congress when she claimed, in April, that she did not hold individual stocks when in fact, she did.
This week, as Breitbart News reported, Granholm told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a letter that she and her husband had, in fact, held individual stocks in companies that her department oversees – as recently as May of this year.
The bombshell admission came more than a month after Granholm falsely testified before the committee that she did not hold individual stocks and only held mutual funds.
“Do you own individual stocks, Madam Secretary?” Hawley asked, to which Granholm responded, “No, I’m invested in mutual funds.”
In a letter sent to Granholm on Tuesday, Hawley asks her directly why she seemingly lied about holding stocks, why she did not immediately notify the committee to correct the record, why it took her four weeks to sell her stocks, why it took her three weeks to notify the committee in regards to the sale of those stocks, and why she did not voluntarily sell her stocks when she became head of the Department of Energy.
“Three times you told me, and this committee, that you did not own individual stocks,” Hawley writes:
But we now know that was false. Last Friday, you informed the committee that you did own stocks at the time of your testimony on April 20, 2023. In fact, you still held stocks in six companies. You then divested from these holdings on May 18, 2023. But you chose not to notify the committee until last Friday — over seven weeks after the hearing and at least three weeks after you sold these stocks. So I want to know: why? [Emphasis added]
Hawley is also asking Granholm, within 30 days, to hand over “a complete list of all of your individual stock transactions over the past 10 years for an evaluation of any additional conflicts of interest.”
Granholm’s admission to holding stocks came after the Wall Street Journal detailed how “one-third of the Energy Department’s senior officials … owned stocks related to the agency’s work,” prompting federal ethics officials to warn them about federal conflict of interest laws.
The Journal reported:
The more than 300 agency officials who received such warnings include nearly six dozen who held stocks of major energy companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. [Emphasis added]
More than 130 officials in the Energy Department collectively reported about 2,700 trades of shares, bonds and options in companies that ethics officers labeled as related to their agency’s work, according to the Journal’s analysis, which examined only disclosures by officials who filed annual reports in that period. [Emphasis added]
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In a series of articles last fall, the Journal reported that across 50 federal agencies, more than 2,600 government officials reported investments that stood to rise or fall with the decisions made by their agencies. [Emphasis added]
Granholm, in 2021, reportedly violated the STOCK Act when she failed to properly report nine stock trades, including her selling shares of Uber, Redfin, and Gilead Sciences Inc., which enjoys lucrative government contracts.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
Energy Sec's Husband Held Stock in Ford as Admin Approved Billions in Electric Vehicle Subsidies
Jennifer Granholm has long history of boosting companies she holds stock in
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's husband held stock in Ford as the Biden administration promoted the company and approved electric vehicle subsidies worth hundreds of billions of dollars, Granholm disclosed in a letter.
The Biden appointee on Friday wrote the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to inform members of the financial holdings. When Granholm submitted her financial disclosures in 2021 and 2022, she acknowledged in the letter, she failed to report that her husband owned thousands of dollars' worth of Ford stock, a mistake she called an "accidental omission."
Had Granholm disclosed the stock, it almost certainly would have prompted conflict of interest accusations. Both Granholm and President Joe Biden have promoted Ford's electric car fleet, with Granholm last year saying the company's electric Mustang is "cool." Granholm's husband also held stock in the company as the Biden administration greenlit hundreds of billions of dollars in electric vehicle subsidies through the Inflation Reduction Act—subsidies that Ford plans to take advantage of through its battery factories and electric car sales. In April, meanwhile, Granholm tapped Ford lobbyist Christopher Smith to serve on her Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
This is far from the first time the Biden administration has promoted a company Granholm stands to profit from. Biden and other top administration officials repeatedly showcased Proterra, an electric bus company that once counted Granholm as a member of its board of directors and that she held a significant amount of stock in. Granholm eventually sold her 240,000 Proterra shares in May 2021, earning a cool $1.6 million.
The Senate Energy Committee's ranking member, Wyoming Republican John Barrasso, hammered Granholm for her "failure to follow basic ethics and disclosure rules."
"Secretary Granholm lied to the committee about her family's stock holdings," Barrasso said in a statement. "This is a troubling pattern. It is unacceptable."
The Energy Department did not return a request for comment. Granholm said her husband sold his Ford stock on May 15.
Beyond her husband's Ford stock, Granholm on Friday acknowledged that she owned stock in six other companies before selling those stakes on May 18. The holdings contradict Granholm's testimony during an April Senate committee hearing, during which the Biden appointee said she did not own any individual stocks.
Despite her long history of ethics issues—Granholm last year failed to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock trades—the energy secretary claimed in her letter that she takes federal ethics standards "very seriously."
"As a public servant, I take very seriously the commitment to hold myself to the highest ethical standards, and I regret the accidental omission of my spouse's interest in Ford," Granholm wrote. "This is a commitment I made to you, the President, and most importantly the American people."
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Josh Hawley: Biden’s Energy Secretary Lied to Congress About Holding Stocks
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) says President Joe Biden’s Energy Department Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, lied to Congress when she claimed in testimony that she did not hold individual stocks. On Friday, Granholm admitted that she held stocks as recently as last month.
As Breitbart News reported, Granholm made the admission in a letter to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee — revealing that she and her husband had, in fact, held individual stocks in companies that her department oversees.
“I mistakenly told the Committee that I did not own any individual stocks, whereas I should have said that I did not own any conflicting stocks,” Granholm wrote. “In order to make my financial holdings consistent with my testimony, on May 18, 2023, I divested my remaining stock holdings which consisted of stock in six companies, even though these assets were deemed non-conflicting.”
In April, Hawley questioned Granholm about whether she held stocks. At the time, she claimed she did not hold stocks and only held mutual funds.
“Do you own individual stocks, Madam Secretary?” Hawley asked, to which Granholm responded, “No, I’m invested in mutual funds.”
Hawley, in a post to Twitter, called Granholm out for seemingly deceiving Congress in regards to her stock trade portfolio.
“So Granholm lied to me on April 20 — and it took the administration six full weeks to admit it,” Hawley wrote. “… it is time to ban all senior executive branch officials and all members of Congress from owning and trading stock.”
Months ago, Hawley unveiled legislation to ban executive senior officials, as well as their spouses, from holding stocks.
Hawley also previously filed the PELOSI Act to ban members of Congress, as well as their family members, from holding or trading stocks after reports revealed that Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) husband, Paul Pelosi, bought up to $5 million in stock in a semiconductor company right as the Senate was passing legislation to massively subsidize the semiconductor industry.
Granholm’s admission comes as a Wall Street Journal report detailed how “one-third of the Energy Department’s senior officials … owned stocks related to the agency’s work,” prompting federal ethics officials to warn them about federal conflict of interest laws.
The Journal reported:
The more than 300 agency officials who received such warnings include nearly six dozen who held stocks of major energy companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. [Emphasis added]
More than 130 officials in the Energy Department collectively reported about 2,700 trades of shares, bonds and options in companies that ethics officers labeled as related to their agency’s work, according to the Journal’s analysis, which examined only disclosures by officials who filed annual reports in that period. [Emphasis added]
…
In a series of articles last fall, the Journal reported that across 50 federal agencies, more than 2,600 government officials reported investments that stood to rise or fall with the decisions made by their agencies. [Emphasis added]
Granholm, in 2021, reportedly violated the STOCK Act when she failed to properly report nine stock trades, including her selling shares of Uber, Redfin, and Gilead Sciences Inc., which enjoys lucrative government contracts.
Banning politicians and their family members from trading stocks is hugely popular among likely American voters.
Last year, a Trafalgar Group survey revealed that 76 percent believe Congress has an “unfair advantage” when it comes to the stock market. Only five percent support permitting congressional stock trading.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
Energy Secretary Admits Making False Statement About Stocks; Barrasso Calls It ‘a Troubling Pattern’
President Joe Biden’s (D) Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, admitted in a letter Friday to making a false statement about not owning individual stocks.
The Biden official’s letter was issued to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee officials, and Fox News noted she divested from different stocks in 2021.
She revealed in the document that she kept shares of six companies, but she had testified under oath on April 20 that she sold all shares with individual companies.
Granholm’s letter, obtained by Fox News, read:
As you know, as part of the confirmation process before this Committee, in 2021 I divested from assets that could be in conflict with my official duties. I did, however, retain assets that were determined by Government ethics officials to not conflict with my official duties.
I mistakenly told the Committee that I did not own any individual stocks, whereas I should have said that I did not own any conflicting stocks. In order to make my financial holdings consistent with my testimony, on May 18, 2023, I divested my remaining stock holdings which consisted of stock in six companies, even though these assets were deemed non-conflicting.
Granholm said she learned on May 13 that her husband owned more than $2,000 worth of shares in the Ford Motor Company, but they were sold a few days later.
She said she mistakenly thought the divesture of Ford was finished in the first months of 2021.
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Meanwhile, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member John Barrasso (R-WY) had harsh words for Granholm regarding the letter.
He said Granholm lied to committee members about her family’s stock holdings, adding, “This comes after her failure to follow basic ethics and disclosure rules. This is a troubling pattern. It is unacceptable.”
On April 20, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) questioned Granholm about some “disturbing ethics reports” regarding one-third of senior Energy Department officials owning stocks linked to the office’s work:
“Do you own individual stocks, Madam Secretary?” he asked her, to which she replied, “No, I’m invested in mutual funds.”
Hawley also inquired if she thought senior members of any department in the executive branch should own individual stocks.
“Why shouldn’t we just ban that like we ought to ban it for members of Congress?” he asked.
Granholm stated:
I think it’s easier when you don’t own individual stocks. However, we do have disclosure rules and very rigorous ethics agency inside of the Department of Energy. If somebody owns an individual stock and they work in the NNSA and that stock happens to relate to something over in the EERE and they’re not involved in it at all, it’s not considered an ethics violation.
Granholm was sworn in as the secretary of Energy on February 25, 2021, according to her profile on Energy.gov.
In January 2022, a report said Granholm violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, per an analysis of her financial disclosure documents.
According to Breitbart News:
Granholm’s financial reports revealed nine stock trades made between April 30, 2021, and October 26, 2021. Granholm sold shares of rideshare company Uber, real estate company Redfin, and biopharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences Inc. Gilead Sciences has a hefty government contract, and they also developed remdesivir, a treatment for the coronavirus.
But her disclosure of trades to ethics officials failed to comply with the act, the article said, adding, “The STOCK Act requires executive branch officials to disclose their trades within 30 days of the transaction. However, Granholm reportedly took weeks or months to disclose her trades.”
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