Energy Sec. Granholm faces another ethics complaint over stocks
- July 12, 2023
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm faces another ethics complaint related to her stock disclosures, this time over her husband’s ownership of stock in the Ford Motor Company while she worked closely with the firm on its electric vehicle initiatives.
She has since admitted that her husband retained Ford stock under May of this year, the subject of the complaint. Watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust, in writing to the DOE inspector general, contended that she had a “direct financial interest in one of the companies to which her agency granted millions of dollars from a program she participated in personally and substantially.”
PPT highlighted Granholm’s appearance alongside Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a 2022 video that appeared to endorse a Ford product. The 2022 video shows the pair driving inside a Mustang Mach-E and making positive statements about the vehicle.