USA Fencing transgender controversy gets DOGE hearing after Stephanie Turner is punished for protest kneel

DOGE subcommittee Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday announced a hearing addressing USA Fencing's gender eligibility policies that allow biological male transgender athletes to compete in the women's category. 

The hearing is scheduled for May 7. 

The announcement comes weeks after women's fencer Stephanie Turner was punished for kneeling in protest of a trans competitor in a widely publicized incident. 

Turner has been invited to the hearing along with Damien Lehfeldt, board chair of USA Fencing, to testify.