Biden Treasury Department emails show coordination with left-wing orgs on tax policy, messaging
- February 16, 2025
Natalia Mittelstadt, Just the News
Newly-disclosed emails from former President Joe Biden’s Treasury Department show coordination between the administration and left-wing organizations on tax policy and messaging, raising concerns about the influence of special interest groups over the prior White House.
Public records from the Treasury Department were obtained by Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, which include documents that show email correspondence between Biden Treasury Department officials and employees of left-wing nonprofits. In the emails, the officials and nonprofits worked together on developing talking points and policy, showing a very close relationship where the latter had sway over the former.
PPT Director Michael Chamberlain told Just the News on Friday that these nonprofits had too much influence over the Treasury Department.
“These documents reveal Treasury officials exhibiting much of the worst of the Biden administration – overreach of statutory authority, outsourcing policy making to outside special interest groups, and dealing harshly with dissenting voices,” Chamberlain said.
“Yet perhaps the most troubling aspect of these records is how closely Treasury officials and the special interests worked together on messaging, with political appointees even promising to provide messages for an outside group to use to push back against political opponents. It’s difficult to discern at times where the Biden administration ended and the special interest groups began. These incidents supply yet more evidence why the American public’s trust in its government plummeted during this time.”