US President Joe Biden’s administration and the Democrats are recently exposed for corruption, reports revealed.
In newly obtained messages, a top official from the Biden administration allegedly inappropriately briefed a “funders only” event which was hosted earlier this year by the Energy Foundation.
Last January 10, Democrat Allison Clements, who sits on the five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), reportedly attended a fundraiser event even though an Energy Foundation official told her that her presence would be “inappropriate.”
“Not sure if this is inappropriate to ask or not-would you be interested/willing/available to talk with the funder group about Ferc 2022 priorities,” program director Meredith Wingate of Energy Foundation wrote in a text message to Clements at that time.
In an exclusive report released by SavageTakes, it was revealed that “Government officials like Clements are explicitly prohibited from doing business with any party that is regulated by their agency. This corruption in the Biden administration was a clear violation of government ethics.”
Moreover, amid the controversy, executive director of government ethics watchdog group the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, Kendra Arnold released an official statement, blasting the reported incident.
“General ethics rules dictate a government employee should not ask for contributions from someone who is regulated by, does business with, seeks official action by or has interests that may be affected by the government agency or department the employee works for.” Arnold said.
“Additionally, a government employee should not use the authority or resources of the government for fundraisers, i.e. title, position, equipment,” she added.
Fox News also revealed Energy Foundation senior program associate Sandy Carter reportedly reached out and emailed FERC staff a schedule of the event which included a “funders only” portion and a briefing which was led by Clements and a question and answer session afterwards.
“I thought your comments were very interesting, and helpful in focusing our group on ways that we can support successful advocacy at FERC,” Wingate emailed Clements two days after the event, thanking her for her attendance.
IER President Tom Pyle also told Fox News during the interview regarding the same controversy that “Meeting regularly with far left organizations she used to work for creates a troubling impression. Briefing the funders of these groups on the ‘FERC opportunity’ is inescapably improper.”
“At the very least, Commissioner Clements should recuse herself from voting on matters of interest to the Energy Foundation. If she was a Republican commissioner who was this cozy with industry representatives, the left would be calling for her resignation,” he continued.
