Josh Hawley demands hearing after top Biden official admits false testimony about stock purchases

Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, has requested that the Senate hold a hearing in order to investigate Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s recent admission that she had lied to him and other senators over her stock ownership.

After Granholm secretly confessed that she owned specific stocks at the time of her testimony indicating the opposite, Hawley issued a letter on Wednesday to Senator Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, urging him to convene the hearing.

The letter was sent in response to Granholm’s admission that she had done so. During the course of Hawley’s line of questioning in April during a committee hearing, Granholm provided testimony that was deceptive.

“Secretary Granholm needs to return to the committee in order to correct the record and clarify her compliance with federal ethics laws, as well as the compliance of the entire Department. In the letter that Hawley sent to Manchin, he said, “I strongly urge you to schedule an oversight hearing as soon as is practically possible to investigate this matter.”

“These latest revelations come in the context of an Energy Department that has been reported to have serious, systemic problems with ethics compliance when it comes to stock ownership and conflicts of interest,” he stated. “These latest revelations come in the context of an Energy Department that has been reported to have serious, systemic problems with ethics compliance.”

“I therefore urge you to convene a hearing with Secretary Granholm to discuss both Secretary’s false testimony and the steps the Department is taking to ensure that senior officials properly comply with federal ethics laws.”