Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) implored Congress to open an impeachment inquiry into Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm over her false statements to Congress.
“Secretary Granholm has admitted to lying to Congress under oath and committing perjury,” Tenney said in a statement obtained by The Post.
“Perjury grants Congress clear grounds for impeachment. This is yet another example of the colossal ego and arrogance of the Biden administration that Americans despise most. It is far past time that Secretary Granholm is held accountable for these clear crimes and conflicts of interest.” Tenney, 62, announced her probe push during a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing.Claudia Tenney rattled through a list of ethics violations the secretary of energy made.She was later forced to correct that testimony in a June letter to Congress, in which she revealed that she owned shares of six companies worth about $120,000 at the time of her April statement.
Granholm also said she had discovered in May that her husband possessed $2,457.89 worth of shares in Ford Motor Company. Both Granholm and her husband have since offloaded all stocks.Jennifer Granholm, previously the governor of Michigan, countered that she did not intend to flout the ethics rules.“Of course I do not believe it’s okay to violate ethics laws. Nor does anyone else in the Department of Energy,” Granholm said during a heated exchange with Tenney.
The energy secretary was also grilled over a summer snafu in which her team reportedly hogged a EV charging station during her four-day road trip.“Since taking office in January of 2021, Secretary Granholm has violated the Hatch Act multiple times,” Tenney said during the hearing.for Democrats while working in her official capacity, but was let off the hook with a warning.The Republican congresswoman called on Congress to hold Jennifer Granholm accountable.
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