House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) announced on Thursday that he has issued subpoenas to the Biden administration seeking documents related to Biden's March 2021 executive order. The order directs federal agencies to collaborate with local election officials, which Steil claims is an effort to “tilt the scales ahead of 2024.”
Fifteen cabinet members were subpoenaed for documents connected to the “Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting.” This order mandates that federal agencies use their resources to enhance voting access.
The committee, which has been investigating the executive order since its inception, claims that there is already evidence showing the order involves federal employees working with partisan advocates to register voters in advance of the 2024 elections. Steil initially requested these documents on May 15 but has not received any materials thus far.
According to the executive order, “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 subpoenas were issued to the secretaries of the Departments of Transportation, Agriculture, Interior, Treasury, State, Health and Human Services, Energy, Education, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Office of Management and Budget, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor.
Additionally, Senate Republicans, led by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), have also sought information regarding the executive order. They requested answers from the Biden administration in November but report that their inquiries have been ignored.
Read the subpoena here.
