House Republicans Subpoena Biden-Harris Officials For Depositions Over ‘Bidenbucks’ Secrecy
Five Biden-Harris officials were subpoenaed by the House Republicans for sworn testimony on Thursday, after they refused details about their agency’s role in President Biden’s federal election interference.
“Americans deserve trust and transparency in their elections.” The Biden Administration, however, has refused to cooperate with our investigation and comply with a legally issued congressional subpoena.
Executive Order 14019 was issued by Biden on March 20, 2021. The directive, which was legally dubious, instructed federal agencies to use taxpayer money to conduct voter registration and mobilize voters in order to interfere with state and local elections administration.
The White House has also “approved” the collaboration of agencies with “nonpartisan third party organizations” to provide “voter-registration services” on the agency premises.
The departments were also ordered to create “strategic plans” that would explain how they intended to comply with Biden’s directive. The administration has consistently obstructed efforts by Congress and conservative groups to obtain these plans. It does this by slowing down its response to court orders, and by heavily redacting documents related to them.
Steil, chair of the House Administration Committee sent the first letters to Biden cabinet members on May 15, requesting information on the plans they had to implement the “Bidenbucks,” (now called “KamalaCash”) orders. The Wisconsin Republican, after receiving no response from Biden cabinet officials for almost a month demanded that 15 federal agencies forfeit copies of their “strategic plan” and communications with third party groups related to “Bidenbucks.”
Steil, after another month of stonewalling, sent letters on July 29 to the heads of the Departments of Labor, Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Agriculture, informing them that failures to comply with repeated requests from the committee would result in additional remedies for non-compliance.
Subpoenas were issued on Thursday by the committee to officials in the agencies mentioned above.
Steil stated that “These Biden Administration Agencies failed to produce their Strategic Plans to Implement Executive Order 14019 at multiple occasions.” It’s time for these officials to explain to the Committee exactly what these plans are and how their agencies will implement them.
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently hearing a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality the executive order. The Supreme Court will decide on Sept. 30 whether or not to hear oral arguments. This means that a decision on the legality of the executive order is unlikely to be made until after the November elections.
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