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=99s 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=9C= the 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