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House Republican accuses Treasury Department of blocking probe into Hunter Biden’s financial docs
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- GOP Rep. James Comer said the Treasury Department has been blocking access to suspicious activity reports, known as SARs, on Hunter Biden.
- “Treasury is refusing to release suspicious activity reports connected with Hunter Biden or his family and associates—including the President,” Comer wrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
- Comer said Treasury officials will not provide SARs to Committee Republicans unless Democrats join the request.
Rep. James Comer accused the Treasury Department in a letter Wednesday of working with the White House in an attempt to block attempts to investigate Hunter Biden’s financial dealings.
Comer serves as the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
The House Republican cited a June 13 phone call in which “Treasury officials informed Committee Republican staff that they will not provide SARs to Committee Republicans unless Democrats join the request.”
In a letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Comer wrote: “Treasury is refusing to release suspicious activity reports connected with Hunter Biden or his family and associates—including the President.”
On May 26, Comer requested records related to potentially suspicious activity reports, known as SARs. He said in his letter to Yellen on Wednesday that the Treasury has yet to turn over the documents after giving the department a deadline of June 8.
SARs are filed by financial institutions when clients make huge cash transactions or transfers that could indicate criminal activity. Though many such transactions are not illegal, they could also signal tax evasion or money laundering.
Comer added that efforts to secure similar documents from 13 banks have also been futile.
“The banks have also indicated that they cannot provide information without a subpoena, and we know Democrats aren’t interested in conducting oversight of this potential national security threat. When Republicans take back the House, we’ll use the gavel to get answers,” Comer said in a statement.
In an email to CBS News on Wednesday, a Treasury Department official said that the “Treasury provides SARs to Congress in a manner that enables robust oversight and that is consistent with how other sensitive law enforcement information is often produced.”
“It is not a political process. Since the beginning of this Administration, Treasury has made SARs available in response to authorized committee requests and continues to engage on the process with any individual members seeking information,” the official said.
However, the Treasury Department did not address CBS News’ inquiries about Comer’s claim that the agency is requiring Democrats to join his request before it will release Hunter Biden’s records.
In his May letters to the Treasury, Comer wrote that House Republicans are investigating Hunter Biden “and other Biden associates and family members” to determine whether their business dealings “compromise U.S. national security and President Biden’s ability to lead with impartiality.”
President Biden has said he was not involved in the business dealings of his son and brother.
“I have not taken a penny from any foreign source, ever, in my life,” Biden said at a 2020 presidential debate.
Source: Yahoo! News
2004done
July 10, 2022 at 6:56 am
OhMyGoodness, What are you expecting? A statement from yellin that the (alleged because no proof will ever be provided, of course) biden family National Security Breaches are “Mostly Peaceful?”
ross
July 10, 2022 at 7:23 am
everyone knows we have an outlaw family in the whitehouse.
Roland
July 10, 2022 at 8:08 am
It’s not just a criminal family in the White House it’s a criminal syndicate that has infiltrated every part of our government.
Falker Evans
July 10, 2022 at 9:52 am
And they call Joe “sleepy”!
He’ll get my vote a second time!
Evilerich
July 10, 2022 at 10:08 am
Actually, we call him pedophile, because that is what he is. So is his wonderful son, Hunter, bang bang Biden.
Evilerich
July 10, 2022 at 10:18 am
Have you had your turn changing Pedo Joe’s crapped in Depends, yet? Make sure you get it all off his tiny flaccid phallis, or He gets a bad rash on his nutz.
Stephen
July 10, 2022 at 1:23 pm
Biden is working close with Obama in tearing down America. Where is Oswald when you need him .
stephane peltier
July 10, 2022 at 8:47 am
Not only outlaw but a CRIME FAMILY that even the Cosa Nostra is jealous of!
There is nothing the DEMON RATS will not do. Braking all laws and committing treason is simply an every day occurrence. Period!
Dean Perry
July 10, 2022 at 9:51 am
No, the Trumps left last year!
Evilerich
July 10, 2022 at 10:16 am
Pedo Joe needs his crappy diaper changed.
Isaac
July 10, 2022 at 1:45 pm
And Thank God they’re coming back.
James Hoffmam
July 10, 2022 at 8:19 am
The whole bunch is as crooked as a barrel of snakes…
CPO Bill
July 10, 2022 at 9:11 am
They are all owned by the biden crime family syndicate!
Evilerich
July 10, 2022 at 10:14 am
Come on. Leave poor Pedo Joe alone. He just capped his Depends and it’s all squishy in there. And Pedo Joe really loves his daughter. I mean, he REALLY loves her. She wrote in her diary, how papa Pedo Joe used to shower with her when she was 7 years old. Just look at the love he gave her. He used to sit naked with her on his lap, playing his favorite game. How many licks does it take to get to the center of his lollipop. Ah one. Ah two. Pffft, Pffft, Pffft. Ah three, hahahahahaaaa.
Suan
July 10, 2022 at 10:34 am
Same old, same old. What, no new news? When Republicans have nothing to say, they revert to “old news”. Hunter Biden? How about the Trump Crime Family? We have documentation on that, not just allegations. Look at the Republican pedophiles? What, no comment there?
We voters need to scrutinize the people running for office on BOTH sides before putting them in office.
Everett
July 10, 2022 at 11:35 am
Good grief!! Just let the Generals in the DOD (dept of Defence) round up several thousand troops and go in and ARREST these morons for treasonous acts against the People of the United States of America. That should shake up these communist, fascist morons!!!!! You’re the highest officials in our government, have the FBI (those loyal to our constitution) raid and arrest them…….DO SOMETHING!!!
Patty
July 10, 2022 at 4:37 pm
As long as obama( oops Biden) is in charge, NOTHING will be done! Piglosi will NOT impeach Biden nor will she use the 25 th amendment against him. She is making too much money to get rid of her “ cash cow”, and she does as she pleases! So does the bumbling idiot pretending to be president. We all know Obama is running this administration, Biden is the “ front man stooge”, who does as he is told by Obama! Get all the scum out of our government!!!!
tj
July 11, 2022 at 9:29 am
It maybe , Obama’s philosophy that is being done ,it is being directed by a larger group in Washington ( status quo, aka SWAMP)
Leslie
July 11, 2022 at 6:57 pm
Obama doesn’t want laptop further exposed, I saw the photos of 14yo Malia naked with naked Hunter ! So much for being a responsible parent when your teenager is with your VP’s 44 yo son! From what I’ve seen of these Pictures, and video he literally filmed his life and actions 24/7! Disgusting POS takes after his father!! They really go for them younger girls. Half sister, cousin, niece, friends & friends friends together in two some photos…….
CharlieSeattle
July 11, 2022 at 4:26 pm
Joe Biden was involved in his family’s foreign business dealings
https://twitter.com/i/status/1545007482929840129