The Tax Administration believed that she didn't pay enough rent to her parents while she resided in Stavanger, and thus did not meet the so-called additional cost condition.

Bru herself believed that she fulfilled this, and also pointed out that she asked for personal guidance from the Administration in 2020 in an attempt to make sure that things were right.

[4] Bru was appointed Minister of Petroleum and Energy following the Progress Party's withdrawal from government in January 2020.

[5] While attending the opening of and offshore wind facility in the Rogaland province, she was heckled by protesters and blocked from entering a meeting.

The general secretary for Motvind Norge, Rune Haaland, expressed dismay at the way protesters had treated Bru.

[8] In February 2021, following revelations that Equinor had hidden partners and owners in Angola in 2011, Bru was questioned by the Storting Control and Constitution Committee.

[12] At the end of August, Bru alongside minister of finance Jan Tore Sanner, announced at a press conference a proposal to reorganise the petroleum tax.

[16] After the Solberg cabinet's defeat in the 2021 election, Bru was selected as the party's spokesperson for financial policy.