Can you say “conflict of interest”? Treasury Secretary Yellen sure can.
The Treasury Department has delayed a House Republican request for information on Biden family financial transactions that may have been marked as suspicious, saying that it must first determine whether the disclosure of the records is consistent with “longstanding Executive Branch interests.”
Considering that there’s a Biden at the top of the executive branch, it’s obviously not.
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), who chairs the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, requested suspicious activity reports related to the Biden family earlier this month in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Suspicious activity reports are generated by financial institutions when flagging suspicious financial moves and are submitted to the federal government.
But the Treasury at least temporarily rebuked Comer’s request, saying it needed to further communicate with the committee to figure out why it wants the information and what it plans on doing with it.
“It is important that a requesting committee specify in writing its purpose in seeking to obtain the requested information and the use it intends to make of it so that the Department can make a determination as to whether the disclosure is appropriate and consistent with longstanding Executive Branch interests, including the protection of ongoing law enforcement investigations,” the department said in the letter to Comer on Wednesday.
Comer was asking for flagged transactions involving Hunter Biden, James Biden, Joe’s shady brother who doesn’t get nearly enough attention, Sara Biden, his wife, and assorted figures tied to business interests, including Devon Archer, and the Hudson West, Rosemont Seneca crew.
It’s obvious to Treasury why he wants it. And Treasury’s claim that it’s holding them back to protect “ongoing law enforcement investigations” is a cynical dodge. Prolonging an investigation is a good way of blocking congressional information requests before burying the whole thing after midnight. That’s the game here.
Does any one know if it is possible if the House of Representatives can cut off the salary of specific people in government if they wanted too? If they can ,that would a very power tool to get cooperation.
If House GOP brings back the Holman Rule, they can wield enormous scope over individual agencies to cut budgets and salaries.
Q is will they do it and will they use it.
“The Treasury Department has delayed a… request for information on Biden family financial transactions…saying … it must … determine whether … disclosure… is consistent with ‘longstanding Executive Branch interests.’ ”
What interest can the treasury or the executive branch have that should not be revealed? Of course national security must have secrets, but the treasury? Or the executive branch’s use of taxpayer monies for personal gain or influence peddling? We need to return to a limited government that FEARS the people, not rules them.
Government exists to serve the people and should ALWAYS act in the interest of the people. The executive branch exists to serve THEIR interest.
Perfectly stated.
I reminded my resident leftist that the US has an mark tendency to have too secrets, and that this ‘was’ a common understanding across both the left and right in the past. The label ‘top secret’ has been a far too much used tool to cover-up matters that are truly not nation security.
I got no response.
Great comment.
End all funding for the feral government until all subpoenas for information are honored in full
Treasury has no right to withhold these records from congressional oversight. They’re just dragging their feet in an effort to run out the clock. The Republicans shouldn’t play into this by making repeared requests or indulging Treasury’s requests for more information. They should just demand they be produced by ‘x’ date and, when they aren’t produced, go to court. No more kabuki theater and pretending Treasury is acting in good faith.
Have Yellen arrested, as they did Bannon, for ignoring a legal subpoena to determine if the Biden family is engaging in treason and working for a foreign government.
Its becoming quite clear that Biden is trying to hide the skeletons in his closets and his acts of treason and t he globalists while they M.S. Media covers up for him as they did with Clinton(Both of them)and Obama
Server a subpoena now!
Is not Joe Biden exempt from consideration for imprisonment?
His family may deserve prison, but not Joe.
Does not Joe warrant a memorial that is specially constructed by carpenters, and incorporates a hinged trapdoor?
Think of it as a “photo op”.
Title it: ” Joe, at the end of his rope.”
Observation of Presidential Dignity suggests the celebrated personage be afforded a generous diaper. That last meal seeks a destination and Joe’s colonic sphincter carries a lifetime warranty.
Before Jan 3…the Treasury folks said they could not release the 150 suspicious items in the Biden accounts…..because the GOP was not the party in charge…..so now they are in charge and the nitwits change the rules….what malarkey Uncle Joe…..so much deceit and lies….you will rot in hell
Facebook just suspended account for 30 days for violating community standards by submitting a sexually exploited picture of Hunter. Think it was done by a.i,, & not a real person. Contested it, but don’t have much hope that a real person will review it. Please find another picture of Hunter to use as the gods at Facebook have a hatred over that photo.
Fb restored acct! Surprised.
Just reply to Janet “We intend to do the JOB that YOU are SUPPOSED to do with these HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE Transactions”!
Our current administration is corrupt and the American people are paying for it. When are the people going to unite and hold our government accountable?
Remember, when it was said that no one is above the law pertaining to Donald Trump? The same should hold true for Joe Biden. Also, remember when Lehman Bros. was supposedly too big to fail? Well, it failed. The truth will prevail in due time.