House GOP chairman accuses key government agency of acting as Biden 'campaign arm'

FIRST ON FOX: The apical Republican connected nan House Small Business Committee is accusing nan Biden management of utilizing a cardinal authorities agency arsenic its "campaign arm" successful a captious plaything authorities up of nan 2024 election.

"Earlier this month, my colleagues and I sent a missive to nan SBA inquiring into their Memorandum of Understanding pinch nan Michigan Department of State. It appears that nan SBA is diverting its resources distant from assisting Main Street truthful it tin registry Democrat voters," Chairman Roger Williams, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital.

"Federal agencies should not enactment arsenic run arms for their Administrations, period. Americans person a correct to cognize nan grade of nan SBA’s involvement, and based connected further investigation, it appears moreover much concerning. I look guardant to proceeding from Administrator Guzman arsenic to why her agency is engaging successful predetermination efforts connected nan taxpayer’s dime."

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Small Business Committee president Roger Williams is accusing President Biden of utilizing nan SBA arsenic a run arm. (Getty Images)

It comes arsenic President Biden’s re-election run eyes Michigan arsenic a must-win authorities successful nan 2024 race. Biden hit erstwhile President Trump by little than 3% location successful 2020.

Williams’ committee is investigating nan Small Business Administration’s collaboration pinch nan Michigan Department of State connected a programme "to beforehand civic engagement and elector registration successful Michigan," according to a property merchandise announcing nan partnership.

The property merchandise said nan Michigan Department of State would "create a unsocial URL for nan SBA to usage to thrust online visitors to registry to vote," and that nan SBA’s Michigan section agency would let authorities government officials to facilitate in-person elector registration astatine nan national agency’s business outreach events. It is portion of an wide effort by nan Biden management to grow entree to elector registration, launched by a 2021 executive order.

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Williams is targeting a business started by nan Michigan Department of State and Small Business Administration main Isabel Guzman. (Getty Images)

An investigation by nan House Small Business Committee recovered that 22 retired of 25 of specified outreach events person taken spot successful counties pinch nan highest organization of Democratic National Committee (DNC) target demographics.

Meanwhile, 11 of 15 Michigan counties that showed nan largest voter registration summation complete nan past twelvemonth person classed highest successful organization of young voters and Black voters, according to nan committee – 2 of nan left’s most-sought voting blocs.

Williams sent a missive past week to SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman demanding much accusation connected whether her national agency is helping grow Biden’s elector base.

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Biden talks to supporters astatine a run arena extracurricular a backstage location successful nan Cathedral District vicinity of Saginaw, Michigan, connected March 14, 2024. Michigan is simply a captious authorities for Biden to triumph successful November. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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"The Committee wrote to you connected April 4, 2024, requesting further accusation astir your engagement successful elector registration successful Michigan. You grounded to supply a briefing, communicative response, aliases immoderate documents by nan deadline. The Committee is incredibly concerned that nan Small Business Administration (SBA) improperly progressive nan national authorities successful America’s electoral processes," Williams wrote.

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Biden run and nan SBA for comment.