House Oversight Committee seeks more ATF records in Biden-Era Everytown inquiry

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House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer requested ATF documents to probe potential Biden administration collusion with Everytown in litigation against gun manufacturers.
Following noncompliance with prior information requests, the committee issued subpoenas on October 3, 2024, to the White House gun violence office and ATF, which remain outstanding.
Personnel ties between former White House and ATF officials and Everytown, including Rob Wilcox and Marianna Mitchem, heighten scrutiny on advocacy group influence in firearms policy.

Document request expands firearms litigation probe

As reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Chairman James Comer is requesting documents and communications from ATF Director Robert Cekada to examine whether Biden administration officials coordinated with Everytown in lawsuits against gun makers.

In a letter to Cekada, Comer says the committee is seeking material tied to communications between the administration and Everytown as part of its investigation into possible collusion involving activist litigation. The committee says it previously sent requests and subpoenas to the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and the ATF, then followed with an April 30, 2026 request to the National Archives and Records Administration for records held from the prior presidential administration.

Comer cites a December 20, 2023 private meeting between the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and Glock, where he says the administration asked the company to change pistol designs. He also points to a March 19, 2024 lawsuit filed by the City of Chicago against Glock in state court, with Everytown Law listed as counsel for the plaintiff.

Prior subpoenas and personnel ties add pressure

The committee says it sent letters on June 14, 2024 to the White House gun violence office and the ATF seeking documents and communications related to possible collaboration with Everytown. After both offices allegedly did not respond, the committee issued subpoenas on October 3, 2024, and Comer says neither office complied.

Comer also highlights personal links between administration officials and Everytown in the committee's account of the matter. He says former White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention Deputy Director Rob Wilcox worked at Everytown for nearly eight years before joining the Biden administration, while former ATF Associate Assistant Director Marianna Mitchem later joined Everytown as senior firearms industry advisor.

The request to Cekada frames the records search as an effort to obtain material that the committee says it could not secure during the Biden administration. That keeps attention on congressional oversight of firearms policy, agency compliance with subpoenas and the relationship between advocacy groups and federal officials.

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