Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., asked for an inspector general probe into Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm after she admitted to false statements about her stock ownership.
, and violated the STOCK Act nine times by failing to disclose $240,000 worth of stock sales within the legally-mandated timeframe.
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said it was"unacceptable" that Granholm has repeatedly made financial disclosure errors.of Granholm's finances on Tuesday, writing a letter to her demanding to know why she didn't immediately notify the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee when she discovered her disclosure error and why she took four weeks to sell her shares in the six unnamed companies.
"You then divested from these holdings on May 18, 2023," he continued."But you chose not to notify the committee until last Friday—over seven weeks after the hearing and at least three weeks after you sold these stocks. So I want to know: why?"
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