EXCLUSIVE: A top Biden administration official facing a Senate ethics probe may soon have her entire salary defunded over her connection to dark money-fueled climate litigation.
FIRST ON FOX: A top Biden administration official overseeing a key part of the White House's climate agenda, but who is facing a congressional ethics probe, may soon have her entire taxpayer-funded salary stripped. The Senate is set to vote this week on an amendment introduced late last month by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the ranking member of the Commerce Committee, and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo.
According to the memo, while she was an environmental law professor at UCLA, Carlson was actively involved in and helped coordinate California law firm Sher Edling's efforts to pursue novel litigation against fossil fuel companies. In recent years, Sher Edling has filed more than a dozen so-called climate nuisance lawsuits on behalf of cities, counties and several states, arguing the oil industry has been aware of climate change impacts for decades.
The Senate GOP memo Sunday further concluded that unpaid UCLA Law School students from Carlson's institute assisted Sher Edling by providing free legal services and that Carlson has 'repeatedly concealed her work' with Sher Edling. The memo stated Sher Edling is similarly hiding the nature of Carlson’s work for the firm 'despite repeated attempts from Congress to obtain information.' 'After reasonable investigation, it appears that Ms.
These revelations make it clear that Ann Carlson is utterly unsuited for a job in government,' Tom Jones, the president of right-leaning watchdog group American Accountability Foundation, told Fox News Digital. 'Putting a Leftist swamp creature like her in charge of regulating vehicles in America, even after she was rejected by the Senate, is a serious scandal that Joe Biden needs to answer for.
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