Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm pressured to Resign over 'repeated ethical lapses'
Over a dozen conservative groups are demanding that
Jennifer Granholm resign over her "repeated ethical lapses" as energy secretary under President
Joe Biden.
Granholm has faced significant scrutiny since assuming office in 2021 as the top official in the
Energy Department from Republicans, who have alleged the former Democratic
Michigan governor has failed to follow federal laws surrounding ethics. A coalition of right-leaning organizations wrote a five-page letter to Biden on Tuesday that alleged Granholm has "disregarded and de-prioritized her ethics obligations at every turn," citing a handful of examples, and requested the secretary's "immediate resignation."
The written request to Biden for Granholm's resignation comes over one month after the secretary
faced an ethics complaint from Protect the Public's Trust over "conflict of interest" concerns stemming from her June admission to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that her husband, David Mulhern, held Ford Motor Company stock despite the
Biden administration approving electric vehicle subsidies that will likely benefit the company.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm pressured to resign over 'repeated ethical lapses'