The Biden family seems to be holding a dubious record. It’s not official but Congressman James Comer is convinced that “between 150 and 200” reported Treasury department suspicious activity reports is “probably a record for a single family with respect to these types of bank violations.”
Treasury blocking for Biden family
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer, representing Kentucky, accused the Treasury Department on Tuesday, March 7, of blocking his probe by withholding “key bank records related to the Biden family’s business dealings.” Until Joe took charge, getting Suspicious Activity Reports was never a problem. The moment he moved in, the rule changed. Comer’s not upset.
“We’re just going to get answers as to why the Treasury Department is blocking the House Oversight Committee from getting this information.” Before the battle is over, SCOTUS may need to get involved and that would be historic.
Through the three previous administrations, Bush, Obama and Trump, “any time the chairman of the House Oversight Committee requested these bank violations from Treasury, they provided access to them.” The policy changed when Joe Biden came along. “For some reason early on, he changed the rule and blocked Congress from having access to this.” Joe knew what he was doing. We know now that was a preemptive strike.
The Biden Administration's Department of Treasury refuses to hand over 150 Suspicious Activity Reports related to Hunter Biden and his associates.
We're bringing in the Department on Friday for a @GOPoversight hearing and will leave no stone unturned. pic.twitter.com/LGQsVzXsD1
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) March 7, 2023
“At the time, very few in Congress knew what a suspicious activity report was, and nobody in Congress knew that his family had between 150 and 200 of these bank violations, which, by the way, is probably a record for a single family with respect to these types of bank violations. But we want answers.”
Comer is hoping to get at least some of those answers from Isabella More, the deputy assistant secretary for oversight at Treasury. She’ll be hauled in front of the committee on Friday to testify “about the department’s failure to produce documents.”
He wrote her a letter about it last week, spelling out that his committee’s investigation “requires it to review Suspicious Activity Reports generated by Biden family members’ ‘unusual foreign or high-dollar transactions.‘”
Tired of excuses
“During the Committee’s dialogue with Treasury,” Comer reminded in his letter, “you have made several excuses for Treasury’s delay regarding this production.” The name Biden on them isn’t a good enough excuse.
“Given the amount of time that has passed since our initial request and Treasury’s inability to provide a projected timeframe when the SARs will be produced, the Committee believes Treasury may be delaying its production to hinder our investigation and operating in bad faith.”
That might not sound like much but in legal terms it was a warning shot across the bow. “Bad faith” is a special phrase in Lawyerville which means “big nasty lawsuit.” This one would be tried in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. That, too, would be historical. Just because it hasn’t been done before doesn’t mean it couldn’t be soon.
Rep. James Comer is ordering a Treasury Department official to appear for a transcribed interview next week, over the department's refusal to turn over Suspicious Activity Reports Involving Hunter Biden and the Biden family https://t.co/tOCiqzdpL6 pic.twitter.com/UBxfOIZGdb
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) March 9, 2023
The Biden family has forced conservative America to do things which nobody ever imagined. The procedure is perfectly legal and outlined in the Constitution itself. The process simply hasn’t been needed before. Drastic times call for drastic measures.
Since “the Treasury has been aware of the committee’s interests in SARs related to the Biden family since the last Congress,” Janet Yellen needs to cough them up real soon. Since Yellen let the latest January 25 deadline go wooshing by, they’re giving Ms. More a chance to hand them over.
The next step is a subpoena. If Janet Yellen or anyone else fails to comply with the subpoena, the House can file suit in the Supreme Court to settle the dispute. Another penalty waiting in the wings for non-compliance is charges for contempt of Congress. Those come with prison sentences.
