FIRST ON FOX: A House Republican is issuing subpoenas to five Biden administration agency officials to sit for sworn depositions after the congressman claims their respective agencies failed to comply with previous congressional subpoenas to turn over their strategic plans to implement President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting.
In March 2021, Biden signed Promoting Access to Voting, which states that “executive departments and agencies should partner with State, local, Tribal, and territorial election officials to protect and promote the exercise of the right to vote, eliminate discrimination and other barriers to voting, and expand access to voter registration and accurate election information.”
The plan has already come under scrutiny from Senate Republicans, who have called it a federal “voter mobilization” effort with “potentially partisan impacts.”
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBPOENAS 15 BIDEN CABINET SECRETARIES TO HAND OVER DOCUMENTS ON VOTER MOBILIZATION ‘SCHEME’
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., is seen in the U.S. Capitol before a procedural vote on a motion to vacate against Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis.,chairman of the Committee on House Administration, in June subpoenaed Biden’s 15 cabinet secretaries for their detailed plans for carrying out the order just five months out from the November election.
On Thursday, he deployed another set of subpoenas, this time to officials he claims have “direct knowledge” of how their respective agencies implemented the EO.
Subpoenas were sent to officials at the Department of Labor, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, and Department of Agriculture, for the officials to testify under oath.
“Americans deserve transparency and trust in their elections. However, the Biden Administration has refused to comply with…
