US Republican senators ask Treasury for any reports on Hunter Biden via SABCNewsOnline
The Republican chairpersons of two US Senate committees have asked the Treasury Department, in a letter, for possible reports of money laundering or fraud on the business dealings of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son with a Ukraine energy firm.on Friday, seeks “suspicious activity reports,” or documents that financial institutions file with the department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network when a case of money laundering or fraud is suspected.
The request comes as Republicans seek to defend President Donald Trump against a Democrat-led impeachment probe into whether the president improperly pressured Ukraine to investigate the Bidens to improve his chances of re-election. “Trump is now counting on his Republican enablers in the Senate to bail him out,” campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates said.”Driven by fear of a mean tweet, they are falling in line, peddling the same disproved lies we’ve heard for months.”
Trump and Republicans in Congress have been ramping up their rhetoric on the Bidens as the November 2020 US elections near and as Democrats in the House of Representatives intensify their impeachment investigation of Trump.
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