House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is escalating a congressional probe into what he calls a coordinated effort by the Biden White House to help a Michael Bloomberg-funded gun control group sue Glock, one of America’s largest firearm manufacturers.
In a letter sent to ATF Director Cekada on Wednesday, Comer demanded all documents detailing communications between Biden administration officials and Everytown for Gun Safety, the Bloomberg-backed lobbying organization. The Kentucky Republican said the records are needed to determine whether the Biden administration used a now-defunct White House office to orchestrate a lawsuit against a gun company while sidestepping Congress and the courts.
“These records will inform the Committee as to whether the Biden Administration and Everytown colluded to attack private gun manufacturing companies through lawfare to circumvent Second Amendment rights,” Comer wrote.
The committee’s scrutiny centers on the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, created by Biden in 2023. That summer, WHOGVP officials met privately with Glock representatives and pressured the company to redesign its pistols. Three months after that meeting, Chicago filed a lawsuit against Glock, with Everytown’s legal arm listed as plaintiff’s counsel.
The timing raised immediate alarms. John Feinblatt, president of Everytown, posted on X days after the suit was filed: “Federal officials recently contacted Glock to discuss implementing new ways to modify Glock pistols to make it harder for Glock switches to be installed. Rather than help, Glock has falsely insisted there is nothing they can do.”
Comer argued that Feinblatt’s post “appears to have had insider information regarding the WHOGVP’s private meeting with Glock,” adding that the overlap raises serious questions about whether the administration and the gun control group coordinated the lawsuit from the start.
The ties between Biden’s office and Everytown go deeper than timing. The WHOGVP’s Rob Wilcox spent eight years at Everytown before taking the White House post. Biden himself headlined Everytown’s annual Gun Sense University conference in June 2024, during which he renewed his call for a nationwide ban on so-called assault weapons.
The Chicago lawsuit, still moving through Cook County courts, alleges Glock knowingly sold pistols that could be easily converted into fully automatic weapons by installing aftermarket switches. A Cook County judge denied Glock’s motion to dismiss in September 2025.
Comer’s committee has been pushing for these records since earlier this year. In April, Republicans sent a separate request to the National Archives for Biden White House communications with Everytown. The committee also previously subpoenaed both the Biden-era ATF and Everytown directly. Neither complied.
Wednesday’s ATF letter is the committee’s most recent attempt to obtain the documentation through official channels.
Comer said the probe will also help lawmakers assess whether new legislation is needed to prevent executive branch officials from working with outside advocacy groups to pursue regulatory or legal actions against lawful industries.
