{"id":1946555,"date":"2023-06-14T06:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-secretary-jennifer-granholm-faces-renewed-ethics-heat-over-finances-unacceptable\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T06:06:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:06:58","slug":"energy-secretary-jennifer-granholm-faces-renewed-ethics-heat-over-finances-unacceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-secretary-jennifer-granholm-faces-renewed-ethics-heat-over-finances-unacceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm under fire for financial ethics issues."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenergy-secretary-jennifer-granholm-faces-renewed-ethics-heat-over-finances-unacceptable%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1946555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm&#8217;s Transparency Lapses Raise Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>Lawmakers and watchdogs are expressing heightened concerns over Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm&#8217;s admission of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-spent-25-years-in-prison-for-a-crime-he-didnt-commit-retired-police-officers-were-just-charged-with-lying\/\" title=\"He Spent 25 Years In Prison For A Crime He Didn\u2019t Commit. Retired Police Officers Were Just Charged With Lying.\">giving false testimony<\/a> on stock ownership. In a letter to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Granholm admitted to &#8220;mistakenly&#8221; testifying that she &#8220;did not own any individual stocks&#8221; in April, when she meant to say she &#8220;did not own any conflicting stocks.&#8221; Additionally, Granholm&#8217;s husband, Daniel Mulhern, owned shares in Ford Motor Company without prior disclosure. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Issuing a statement six weeks later without any explanation is unacceptable,&#8221; said Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. &#8220;It\u2019s one of two things at this point. She\u2019s either incompetent or lying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Granholm&#8217;s ethical and financial decisions have been under sharp criticism since being appointed by President Joe Biden. Armstrong has outstanding questions regarding Granholm&#8217;s failure to disclose her husband&#8217;s stock in a company that falls under her authority. Granholm vowed to publicize details about her prior holdings in six companies on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-asia-czars-holdings-may-present-conflict-of-interest\/\" title=\"Biden Asia Czar\u2019s Holdings May Present Conflict of Interest\">financial disclosure report<\/a>, which will be available in mid-June. <\/p>\n<h3>Granholm&#8217;s Ethical Setbacks<\/h3>\n<p>Granholm has faced ethical setbacks since being confirmed by the Senate in February 2021. She skirted a federal conflicts-of-interest law by not disclosing up to $240,000 in stock sales, leading to her paying a $400 government late fee in 2022. Granholm also violated the Hatch Act, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-cia-official-helped-recruit-signers-for-letter-calling-hunter-biden-laptop-stories-russian-disinformation-house-report\/\" title=\"CIA official aided in recruiting signers for letter labeling Hunter Biden laptop stories as Russian disinformation, says House report.\">bars federal employees<\/a> from engaging in certain political activity, when she appeared to endorse Democratic candidates in a 2021 interview. <\/p>\n<p>Granholm&#8217;s prior ownership of shares in Proterra, an electric battery and vehicle manufacturer that Biden promoted in 2021 as part of his infrastructure package, has also received scrutiny from the GOP. Granholm sold her 240,000 shares for $1.6 million in May 2021. <\/p>\n<p>The revelation concerning Ford stock and Granholm&#8217;s husband may lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-secretary-jennifer-granholm-faces-renewed-ethics-heat-over-finances-unacceptable\/\" title=\"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm under fire for financial ethics issues.\">watchdog groups launching investigations<\/a> to uncover further information. The financial disclosure error could be akin to an apparent conflict of interest given that Granholm and Biden in the past have promoted Ford&#8217;s electric vehicles. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ford and other electric vehicle manufacturers have also stood to benefit from subsidies in Biden&#8217;s Inflation Reduction Act, a $740 billion spending bill the president signed into law in August 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Granholm appointed Ford lobbyist Christopher Smith in April to serve on her Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, which advises the secretary on the &#8220;global clean energy revolution.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Michael Chamberlain, director of Protect the Public&#8217;s Trust, a right-leaning watchdog, said, &#8220;These latest revelations are unfortunately just par for the course at Secretary Granholm\u2019s Department of Energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Energy Department spokesman David A. Mayorga said that Granholm &#8220;always puts the interests of the American people first&#8221; and divested from assets that could be in conflict with her official duties. <\/p>\n<p>Granholm&#8217;s transparency lapses are highly troubling, and lawmakers and watchdogs are calling for her to be completely forthcoming and transparent with Congress regarding her ethical lapses as secretary. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm&#8217;s false testimony on stock ownership is raising concerns among lawmakers and watchdogs. Granholm admitted to mistakenly testifying that she did not own any individual stocks in April. 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