Sen. Josh Hawley is asking the Energy Department’s Inspector General to investigate Secretary Jennifer Granholm after she seemingly lied to Congress when she claimed she did not hold individual stocks, when in fact she did., Granholm told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a letter that she and her husband had, in fact, held individual stocks in companies that her department oversees — as recently as May of this year.
“Do you own individual stocks, Madam Secretary?” Hawley asked, to which Granholm responded, “No, I’m invested in mutual funds.”She was lying. Today, Granholm admitted she did, in fact, own stock in MULTIPLE companies — including Ford, which falls directly in her jurisdiction.Now, Hawley is asking the Energy Department IG to investigate Granholm over her holding stocks “as well as her repeated violations of federal ethics rules.
Secretary Granholm’s most recent violation of federal stock trading laws is just the latest in a series of ethics indiscretions. Prior to her false testimony before the Committee, SecretaryThen, during her testimony before the Committee on April 20, 2023, Secretary