Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Tuesday grilled Biden’s nominee for Archivist of the United States, accusing her of lying under oath and stonewalling his line of questioning after he confronted her on past statements he characterized as partisan.
Colleen Shogan, who would be the first woman to run the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), faced her second hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after every Republican on the committee voted against confirming her in September.
Hawley recalled during Tuesday’s hearing that he had confronted Shogan in the last hearing about her past tweets that he considered “grossly partisan” and “offensive.” Hawley said he had asked Shogan to provide her public tweets to the committee, since she set her Twitter account to private after her nomination.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Colleen Shogan, nominee to be archivist of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration about her social media postings, during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee full committee hearing on Shogan’s nomination on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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“I asked you to provide the public posts that had previously been available on Twitter, because the ones that we have were pretty disturbing,” Hawley said. “You responded as follows, and I quote, my personal Twitter account is comprised of posts about my mystery novels, events at the White House Historical Association, Pittsburgh sports teams travels and my dog, end quote. Is this an accurate statement?”
“Yes, senator,” Shogan responded.
Hawley then asked Shogan to defend multiple tweets in which she expressed political views on topics like gun control, COVID-19 mitigation efforts and former President Donald Trump.
Shogan gave the same answer to every question,…
