Biden Admin Used a ‘Code Word’ to Conceal Loans to Planned Parenthood, Senator Alleges
The text describes an allegation by Iowa Republican Sen. Joni ernst that the Biden administration’s Small Business Administration (SBA) used a codeword to conceal communications related to Planned Parenthood.
Ernst claims the SBA substituted “Planned Parenthood” with “Benghazi” in correspondence, and that this was done to avoid congressional or public-record scrutiny. She questions why “Benghazi” would be used in connection with planned Parenthood, especially after record requests were reportedly resisted for years. Ernst says she later obtained access to SBA communications and found that the codeword usage appears to have been at the discretion of a top SBA lawyer.
The article further argues the apparent intent was to hide internal references about Planned Parenthood’s involvement or eligibility issues tied to COVID-era SBA programs, including the Paycheck Protection Program. Ernst says she is calling for a Justice Department examination to determine whether this concealment violated the Federal records Act and involved potential criminal conduct, pointing to a roughly $90 million federal handout connected to Planned Parenthood.
Despite having been out of office for over a year now, former President Joe Biden and his administration continue to find ways to capture headlines — and not always for the best reasons.
The latest allegation to hound the Biden administration comes from Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst.
The lawmaker claimed Monday that the Biden administration used clandestine — and possibly illegal — methods to keep Planned Parenthood funded, according to the Daily Wire.
Ernst took direct issue with Biden’s Small Business Administration, whose officials allegedly used a code word to circumvent any mention of the abortion facility.
Instead, Biden’s SBA substituted “Planned Parenthood” with “Benghazi” in all correspondence.
And Ernst has some questions about that:
What’s Benghazi have to do with Planned Parenthood?
That’s what I’m asking @TheJusticeDept after records reveal Biden officials concealed all their Planned Parenthood meetings and discussions with codeword “Benghazi.”
If this was done to evade congressional oversight into their…
— Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) April 27, 2026
“What’s Benghazi have to do with Planned Parenthood?” Ernst posted to X Monday. “That’s what I’m asking [The Department of Justice] after records reveal Biden officials concealed all their Planned Parenthood meetings and discussions with codeword ‘Benghazi.’
“If this was done to evade congressional oversight into their $90 million handout to the nation’s largest abortion provider, there must be accountability!”
“What does Benghazi have to do with Planned Parenthood? It appears the Biden SBA used it as a codename to hide the $90 million in taxpayer funds they gifted to the abortion provider,” Ernst said in a statement. “I’ve already exposed the Biden administration’s blatant disregard for transparency, but this potential cover-up demands answers.
“I’m calling for a DOJ investigation to determine if Biden officials were illegally concealing federal records over their egregious handout to Planned Parenthood.”
Ernst reportedly made this discovery after getting access to SBA communications, following years of being stonewalled by the Biden administration.
As the senator dug deeper into the issue, she discovered that this use of the codeword “Benghazi” appears to have been at the discretion of a “top lawyer at the SBA.”
Furthermore, Ernst deduced that the purpose of this subterfuge was apparently to hide internal references concerning Planned Parenthood’s qualifications for the COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program.
As Ernst’s news release explained: “The use of an unrelated codeword would have effectively hidden information related to these programs from any congressional or public record requests – which, if proven, would be a violation of the Federal Records Act and a federal crime.”
In her letter to the DOJ, Ernst again repeated a very curious question: “Forgiving over $90 million of federal SBA loans to Planned Parenthood had nothing to do with Benghazi. So, again, why were Biden officials hiding their records under the title ‘Benghazi’?”
While that question was clearly meant for the Justice Department, it seems that the Biden administration can’t outrun these inquiries, either.
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