Hickenlooper Calls for Investigation Into Reports White House Targeted Colorado

Hickenlooper calls on Inspectors General of every federal agency involved in White House "brainstorm call" to investigate

Hickenlooper: "Federal resources are for the American people, not weapons against the President's perceived enemies."

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the below statement calling for an investigation following reports that the Trump administration summoned five agencies to the White House back in December to discuss how the federal government could retaliate against Colorado.

"This email confirms the highest levels of the White House orchestrated a campaign of political retribution against Coloradans over President Trump's petulant grievances.

"The White House must preserve and produce all records related to the December 15 'brainstorm call.' We call on the Inspectors General of every federal agency involved to swiftly investigate how federal resources were used to target Colorado. Federal resources are for the American people, not weapons against the president's perceived enemies."

The Denver Post reported today that Emily Underwood, a deputy assistant to President Trump, asked officials from five agencies to join a call later that day and to be "prepared to discuss immediate actions that your department or agency can take with respect to Colorado" back in December.

President Trump has launched a retaliation campaign towards Colorado, citing the imprisonment of election criminal Tina Peters, Colorado's gold-standard mail-in voting system, and Colorado voters' rejection of him in the last two presidential elections. In response, the Trump administration recklessly announced plans to move U.S. Space Command's fully operational headquarters from Colorado Springs to Alabama, vetoed a bipartisan to complete the Arkansas Valley Conduit to bring clean drinking water to Southeast Colorado, shuttered the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, and denied Colorado's request and appeal for disaster assistance for the Lee and Elk Fires in August 2025 and the Southwest Colorado flooding in October 2025.

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