Two hilarious ethics violations at the Department of Interior that prove the green agenda farce

Well, it seems that the Biden/Harris administration did not completely vet their appointments to the Department of Interior. Both people I am going to cover have been found out to be investing in companies prohibited by the DoI.

Nada Culver had the environmentalist resume, but her husband was making sure they had the a solid investment for their future. Tommy Beaudreau is a lawyer that worked in the Obama administration and director of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, but was investing in oil companies. This is hilarious, considering the Biden/Harris administration very vocal stances.

The Department of Interior Office of Inspector General received information that caused them to investigate both folks and found out it was true

Nada Culver

Culver is the Principal Deputy Director of Bureau of Land Management. Before that, she was Vice President, Public Lands and Senior Policy Counsel with the National Audubon Society. Even before that, she was Senior Counsel and Senior Director for Policy and Planning for The Wilderness Society.

https://www.blm.gov/bio/nada-wolff-culver

When she was going through the hiring process, she was asked about her investments and she claimed she did not have any prohibited investments. A tip led to the OIG to look further into this and this is what they found:

https://www.doioig.gov/sites/default/files/2021-migration/Investigation_AllegedEthicsViolationsBLMDC.pdf

We investigated whether Culver violated relevant ethics requirements by failing to timely disclose and divest financial interests that she was prohibited from holding and by participating in the Federal Oil and Gas Program Review. We found that Culver owned financial interests in Berkshire Hathaway, a Prohibited Investment, in violation of DOI’s supplemental ethics regulation and the Standards of Ethical Conduct.

We also found that Culver failed to identify her Prohibited Investments to the DEO when initially asked, although Culver did disclose these investments on her new entrant financial disclosure report. We also note that Culver sold these investments after DEO officials advised her to do so. We also concluded that Culver did not violate 18 U.S.C. § 208 by participating in the Federal Oil and Gas Program Review because the Federal Oil and Gas Program Review did not have a direct and predictable effect on her financial interests. Finally, we determined that 18 U.S.C. § 208 did not restrict Culver from participating in particular matters affecting Conoco because her spouse, rather than Culver herself, held this financial interest, and his financial holdings in Conoco were below the regulatory de minimis threshold and thus did not trigger application of § 208.

When we asked Culver why she failed to tell the DEO in either January or March that she owned Berkshire Hathaway stock, Culver stated that she “must not have realized” she owned Berkshire Hathaway or any other Prohibited Investments when she spoke with the ADAEO in January 2021 or when she joined the DOI in March 2021. Culver explained that she recalled “skimming” the List of Prohibited Investments at some point after she had first received it from the ADAEO in January 2021 and “believed [she] didn’t have any of the holdings.” Culver said that, when she viewed the List of Prohibited Investments, she “saw a number of companies that I would never invest in” and did not believe she had invested in because she and her spouse “mainly have mutual funds.” Culver told us that “if there were prohibited holdings after I said no, then I made a mistake.”

It would seem that, even though she worked hard for these liberal environmental groups, her husband was less worried about that. This seems to be a trend among those in the Democrat Party, as this is what people like Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris do.

Tommy Beaudreau

Beaudreau first started government service in 2010 as a senior advisor to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for Regulation and Enforcement to help with the Deep Horizon oil spill. A year later, he became the first director for the Bureau. After he left that position, he became the acting Assistant Secretary of Interior for Land and Minerals Management and Chief of Staff of DoI. Under Biden, he became the Deputy Secretary of the Interior. He has actually been known for his support of oil and gas interests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Beaudreau

https://www.doioig.gov/sites/default/files/2021-migration/Investigation_Former%20Deputy%20Secretary%20Violated%20Ethics%20Laws.pdf

In August of 2023, Beaudreau disclosed that his private portfolio manager bought stocks in Exxon Mobil and Chevron, which are prohibited stocks. The purchase was made early in 2022, but he was not aware of it for a year and a half. During that time, he made several decisions that impacted these companies, which is why they are on the prohibited list.

He is basically getting a slap on the wrist for this, as he is now back in private life. He claimed that, even though he got monthly detailed statements, he just was too busy. It almost makes one wonder why a person would not monitor where their money going. If this is true, does this also mean he did not monitor where money was going in Interior? Did he truly know what was going on with the policies he was in charge of? So many questions.

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