Watchdog alleges Biden nominee misled Congress about investigation into 1989 tree-spiking incident
- June 21, 2021
BLM Director nominee Tracy Stone-Manning said she had never ‘been the target’ of a criminal investigation
Thomas Barrabi, Fox News
A watchdog group is calling this week for federal prosecutors to investigate allegations that Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, may have made false statements to Congress regarding a tree spiking plot during her confirmation process.
Republican lawmakers say Stone-Manning to be barred from consideration over her ties to environmental activists who placed spikes in trees in an effort to sabotage a timber sale in Boise, Idaho in 1989. Stone-Manning later cooperated with federal authorities and testified against two others who were convicted.
The complaint from Protect the Public’s Trust to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington D.C. is focused on Stone-Manning’s written testimony to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 8. In response to a question on her own legal history, Stone-Manning said she had never ‘been the target” of a criminal investigation, though she acknowledged testifying before a grand jury during the federal investigation into the tree-spiking incident.