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The Treasury Department has given congressional Republicans sensitive financial information related to Hunter Biden after having refused to give Democrats President Donald Trumps tax returns.
Yahoo News first reported Thursday that the Treasury Department handed over highly confidential information in response to a November request from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) for suspicious activity reports filed with the department by financial institutions.
Last year, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin blocked a Democratic request for the presidents tax filings, saying Democrats had no legitimate legislative purpose for seeking the documents.
The legal implications of this request could affect protections for all Americans against politically-motivated disclosures of personal tax information, regardless of which party is in power, Mnuchin said in an April 2019 letter.
Apparently, that same standard did not apply when it came to non-tax financial information that may pertain to the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a Trump political rival.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-hunter-biden_n_5e3c61bfc5b6b70886fc4ed4
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Meanwhile the dictator et al continues his crime spree.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,453 posts)ooky
(8,926 posts)persecution. 3rd world, authoritarian government type stuff. This Republican government smells to high heaven.
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)Trump the Defiler's returns to the media.
Coventina
(27,167 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,448 posts)MFers