Nearly two dozen Senate Republicans are demanding the White House release long-withheld documents related to President Joe Biden’s executive interference in U.S. elections.
In their Nov. 28 letter addressed to Biden, the 23 GOP senators highlighted the White House’s failure to abide by a May 23 request that the administration forfeit information regarding Executive Order 14019. Signed by Biden in March 2021, this order directed hundreds of federal departments to interfere in the electoral process by using U.S. taxpayer money to boost voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities.
The head of each department was furthermore instructed to create “a strategic plan” describing how his or her agency intends to comply with Biden’s directive.
“This policy directive merits congressional oversight both as a general matter and under the Antideficiency Act,” the senators wrote. “Accordingly, we write to reiterate our request for information regarding the implementation of this executive order, including copies of the plans submitted to the White House.”
The Biden administration routinely stonewalled attempts by Senate Republicans and good government groups to acquire these “strategic plans” by slow-walking its response to federal court orders and heavily redacting any related documents it released.
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Biden’s order additionally required departments to collaborate with supposedly “nonpartisan” third-party organizations “to provide voter registration services on agency premises.” As The Daily Signal’s Fred Lucas reported, many of these groups are extremely left-wing. Among those coordinating with the Indian Health Service, for instance, are the ACLU, Demos, and the National
