Biden Energy secretary reveals stock ownership of EV lobby group founding company

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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm revealed the names of six companies she owned shares in as of last month on Friday, after saying she didn't own any individual stocks.

filed her annual financial disclosure form Friday, revealing that she quietly sold shares worth up to $120,000 of six companies last month.

"As part of her commitment to the highest ethical conduct and transparency, Secretary Granholm timely divested of all conflicting assets that were known at the time of her confirmation, and subsequently even divested of assets she wasn’t legally required to sell," David Mayorga, the director of public affairs at the Department of Energy , told Fox News Digital last week.

At the same time, Granholm has advocated for many of the same policies and has used her position to repeatedly push EVs. She even recently called for the U.S. military to"Not only are we helping to protect our planet from the dangers of climate change, but we are also facilitating a shift in the accessibility of electric vehicle charging and creating good-paying jobs that support the manufacturing of sustainable technologies right here at home," Granholm said in 2021.

"Secretary Granholm admitted she broke basic ethics rules. She has not been transparent about her shady finances," Barrasso told Fox News Digital on Friday."Today’s financial disclosure doesn’t address those failures. She still owes the American people answers about her finances and her false testimony."whose line of questioning led to Granholm's misstatement in April, also requested on Wednesday that Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.

 

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