{"id":2236274,"date":"2024-05-03T08:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-look-at-her-look-at-me-sen-josh-hawley-blasts-biden-official-over-corruption-problem\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T08:21:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:21:58","slug":"dont-look-at-her-look-at-me-sen-josh-hawley-blasts-biden-official-over-corruption-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-look-at-her-look-at-me-sen-josh-hawley-blasts-biden-official-over-corruption-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Josh Hawley Calls Out Biden Official for &#8216;Corruption Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fdont-look-at-her-look-at-me-sen-josh-hawley-blasts-biden-official-over-corruption-problem%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=2236274&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--><p>Senator\u200c Josh Hawley confronted Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over alleged meetings with foreign \u200cdark-money groups \u2064funding left-wing environmental initiatives. \u2062Hawley exposed off-the-books meetings, questioning the\u200c transparency of these\u2064 dealings. He highlighted a possible connection to\u200c Swiss billionaire \u2062Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss and criticized the influence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-attorney-phil-kline-and-it-expert-j-r-carlson-presser-wednesday-exposing-mark-zuckerbergs-dark-money-cash-for-chaos\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Attorney Phil Kline and IT Expert J.R. Carlson Presser Wednesday Exposing Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Dark Money Cash for Chaos\">dark money<\/a> on government decisions. Hawley emphasized \u200cthe need for accountability and transparency in government actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cfavocci\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cfavocci\/%20\"><span>Christine Favocci<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 3, 2024 at 5:08am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Sen. Josh Hawley believes President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cgreen\u201d policies may be fueled by dark money \u2014 and the Missouri Republican took one official task over it.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley engaged in a contentious exchange with Interior Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/war-gas-biden-dramatically-increases-oil-drilling-costs-heartless-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deb Haaland<\/a> on Thursday over alleged meetings with \u201cforeign dark-money groups that actively fund left-wing environmental initiatives,\u201d the senator said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/hawley-exposes-interior-secretary-haaland-department-meetings-dark-money-groups-fund-far-left\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He questioned Haaland during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing about an off-the-books meeting between her office and representatives of the Wilderness Society, which Hawley called a \u201cleft-wing environmentalist pressure group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Haaland said she couldn\u2019t recall anyone in her agency meeting with the group, but the senator brought receipts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer is yes, your leadership has met with the Wilderness Society,\u201d Hawley told her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey met with the Wilderness Society when that group was a plaintiff suing the Department of the Interior with an adverse lawsuit against you, and they met with them off the books. I\u2019ve got the emails,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn July 2021, after you had come to office, members of the Wilderness Society, while they\u2019re suing the department, write to your top deputy and ask for a meeting, and keep it off of his calendar,\u201d the senator said.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to read from a July 14, 2021, email from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/tommy-beaudreau-sworn-interior-department-deputy-secretary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">then<\/a>-Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau in which Beaudreau asked, \u201cCan we set up a meeting with these folks?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley noted that just days later, \u201cthey propose how they might calibrate this so it doesn\u2019t look like they\u2019re violating any of the rules of the court, and, remarkably, it stays completely off of everybody\u2019s calendars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe only know about it because FOIA requests were filed,\u201d the senator said, referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/eenews\/f\/eenews\/?id=0000018b-6285-df06-a9cb-f29f848d0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emails<\/a> obtained via the Freedom of Information Act by Politico\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/eenews\/2023\/10\/25\/interior-emails-tied-to-boundary-waters-sparks-questions-00123227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E&#038;E News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What Hawley said happens next may point to a backroom deal with the organization owned by Swiss billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-george-soros-dished-millions-group-lobbied-democrat-causes-including-hr-1-election-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss<\/a>, \u201cwho has routed his money through all manner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-hawley-files-counter-complaint-against-senate-dems\/\" title=\"Sen. Hawley files counter-complaint against Senate Dems\">dark money groups<\/a>, including the Arabella [Advisors],\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bill-gates-foundation-poured-millions-chinese-government-orgs-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">known<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-lawsuit-will-be-filed-today-against-mark-zuckerberg-and-the-dark-money-that-enabled-fraud-in-key-states-video\/\" title=\"NEW LAWSUIT Will Be Filed Today Against Mark Zuckerberg and the Dark Money that Enabled Fraud in Key States (VIDEO)\">dark money network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then after they have these off-the-books meetings, their request is to cancel the mineral leasing rights in Minnesota in the Superior National Forest,\u201d the senator said. \u201cThis is a critical minerals mine. The society wants the mine shut down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter they meet off the books with your leadership, you do it. A few months later, you do it. You cancel the leases, and then you withdraw 225,000 acres of critical mining from production and leasing shortly after that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley pressed Haaland about whether it was \u201ccommon practice at your department to meet with dark money groups off the books and conceal it from the public,\u201d which she couldn\u2019t answer except to repeat that it involved a former official \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/deputy-secretary-beaudreau-step-down-interior-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beaudreau resigned<\/a> in October \u2014 who was \u201cappointed by the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s your deputy secretary,\u201d Hawley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you the secretary of the Department of the Interior? I thought that\u2019s why you were here. Are you the secretary? Don\u2019t look at her, look at me,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cZ3jqw80oVU?si=hgIfHOT4Lc7fh2W6&#038;start=171\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the senator cornered Haaland into admitting that what goes on in her department is her \u201cresponsibility,\u201d but she still denied having knowledge of the meeting in question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a corruption problem in this government, Madam Secretary, and frankly, we have a corruption problem in your department,\u201d Hawley told her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-emails-hunter-bidens-real-estate-company-got-40-million-investment-from-russian-oligarch\/\" title=\"Leaked Emails: Hunter Biden's Real Estate Company Got  Million Investment From Russian Oligarch\">foreign billionaires<\/a> who are funding dark money groups coming to meet with your leadership, concealing it from the public, while they are filing lawsuits adverse to the department \u2014 doing it without the court\u2019s knowledge, doing it \u2014 you say \u2014 without your knowledge, and then getting exactly what they want,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley ended his remarks by chiding Haaland for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-trends-trump-steps-president-wont\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poor leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds to me like it\u2019s the dark money billionaires who are calling the shots at the Department of the Interior. And all I have to say to you, Madame Secretary, is that is a travesty,\u201d Hawley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people should be in charge, not the foreign billionaires \u2014 and the fact that you\u2019ve let them run rampant is outrageous,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z27tsUPYJGw?si=0axzbE8x6aCJ9Yo1&#038;start=8473\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hawley was determined to hold Haaland\u2019s feet to the fire, and it was about time.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is corrupt, but very few in the media or in government will hold it accountable \u2014 even in an election year when Republicans could take back the White House.<\/p>\n<p>What Hawley did is what all GOP lawmakers should do when armed with the kind of evidence he had \u2014 and this is the second time this week that Haaland\u2019s loyalties were credibly questioned.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the House Natural Resources Committee\u2019s subcommittee on oversight and investigations held a <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=415927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hearing<\/a> titled \u201cExamining the Influence of Extreme Environmental Activist Groups in the Department of the Interior\u201d that addressed another conflict for Haaland.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/2023.06.05_haaland_ethics_compliance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June letter<\/a> from the committee\u2019s chairman, Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas, and other Republican lawmakers, Haaland\u2019s department \u201ccultivated intimate and potentially improper relationships with extreme environmental activist groups driving the Biden administration\u2019s agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Westerman <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=413390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that Somah Haaland, the secretary\u2019s adult daughter, had ties to the <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=413390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pueblo Action Alliance<\/a>, which successfully lobbied for a 20-year moratorium on drilling leases near New Mexico\u2019s Chaco Culture National Historical Park.<\/p>\n<p>It seems Deb Haaland is another D.C. swamp dweller. Thankfully, some lawyers are unafraid to wade into the muck to try to flush her out.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. 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She left her career in the insurance industry to become a freelance writer and stay-at-home mother.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Christine earned her bachelor\u2019s degree from Seton Hall University, where she studied communications and Latin. She left her career in the insurance industry to become a freelance writer and stay-at-home mother. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 3, 2024, at 5:08 am, Christine Favocci commented on Senator Josh Hawley&#8217;s concerns about President Biden&#8217;s &#8220;green&#8221; policies potentially influenced by dark money. 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