House Democrats Asked to Seize Biden's Bank = Records
A group of = conservative activists and leaders is asking House Democrats who have = pursued President Donald Trump=E2=80=99s tax returns to demand former = Vice President Joe Biden=E2=80=99s bank records, given allegations of = overseas business entanglements.
The Hunter Biden = laptop story in October revealed that Joe Biden had discussed his = family=E2=80=99s foreign business entanglements, despite earlier = denials, and that he explored a business venture with a Chinese company = in which he was to have held 10% of equity.
House = Democrats have tried for years to obtain Trump=E2=80=99s tax = returns, going to the Supreme Court in their effort to do so, = though they have not had evidence of any crimes or conflicts of = interest, but insisting on the need for transparency.
In = a press release Tuesday, = several conservative leaders released a letter they had sent to House = Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), in which they = argued Biden=E2=80=99s bank records were of equal public value:
Mr. Chairman,
Your recent comments about the = need to investigate criminal wrongdoing by public officials and the = importance of transparency to American government have not gone = unnoticed.
As you know, allegations of just such = wrongdoing and the lack of transparency have arisen over the last two = months based on emails found on a personal computer belonging to Hunter = Biden =E2=80=94 the son of Vice President Joseph Biden =E2=80=94 a = computer whose authenticity has been established by the FBI.
As you also know, public record has established beyond doubt = that vice President Biden repeatedly took his son on official trips to = foreign nations and that soon after such trips his son=E2=80=99s = companies we=E2=80=99re receiving millions in contracts from government = related entities in those nations. Additionally, it is also public = record that when one of those companies came under investigation for = corrupt practices by a foreign government vice president Biden = intervened and forced that government to shut down the corruption probe = and fire the prosecutor by threatening to deny the country and its = people US foreign aid. This, as you know, is indisputable since Vice = President Biden openly boasted on camera about his effectiveness in = getting the corruption prosecutor fired.
Now, however, = graver questions have arisen about the suspect activities of the vice = president and his son. Disclosure of the emails from Hunter Biden=E2=80=99= s computer show him speaking openly about paying out money to the rest = of the family including his father who was apparently referred to =E2=80=94= and these are just two examples=E2=80=94 as =E2=80=9Cthe big guy=E2=80=9D= or someone entitled to his ten percent.
Already, of = course, Vice President Biden has a serious credibility problem on this = issue, having said flatly that he never discussed such business matters = with his son. Evidence from the computer emails as well as testimony = from one of his son=E2=80=99s former business colleagues who attended = meetings with Vice President Biden show his emphatic denial is now one = of the boldest falsehoods ever told an American public life.
In any case, we hope that you would welcome the chance to = assist Vice President Biden in laying to rest any allegations that he = was using his office and official travel to influence foreign = governments or entities to benefit his son=E2=80=99s businesses. And to = answer this question: Was any of that income received by Vice President = Biden or other family members?
Thus, we hope that in = view of your strong demand for transparency and disclosure you will = endorse our suggestion that your committee ask for vice President = Biden=E2=80=99s bank records and those of the rest of his family over = the period of his vice presidency and immediately thereafter. In this = way he can put to rest any allegations including concerns about how he = acquired his extensive personal wealth and his large estate.
If members of the committee from both sides as well as their = legal counsel could be permitted to examine the records and then report = to the Congress this would do much to clear the air. Moreover, if you = took this initiative as a member of the Democratic House leadership this = would do much to show that your interest in full disclosure and = investigating corruption extends to members of your own party.
As you know, when these allegations arose during the = presidential campaign, media organizations =E2=80=93 some of whom still = claim they are serious news organizations =E2=80=93 rushed to protect = Vice President Joe Biden who was their chosen candidate by imposing a = news blackout on this information.
But that won=E2=80=99t= last now =E2=80=93 the public is going to want to know the truth. This = is your chance to serve the cause of integrity and transparency in = public office as you=E2=80=99ve talked so much about the past few = years.
The American people have a right to this = information and we are hopeful that you and the Vice President will see = the advantage of the full disclosure suggested by our proposal before = demands for a special counsel become deafening.
Author: Joel B. Pollak
Source:= Breitbart: Conservative Groups Ask House Democrats to Demand Joe = Biden=E2=80=99s Bank Records
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