Raskin reveals Oversight Republicans have quietly sent six subpoenas in probe of Biden family finances

Republicans on the Home Oversight Committee quietly despatched six subpoenas as a part of their investigation into Biden household funds, in response to a memo from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.). 

Raskin, the rating member of the committee, wrote in a memo to different Democrats on the committee that Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has issued six subpoenas and despatched 39 letters within the Biden investigation. 

Subpoenas went to Financial institution of America, Cathay Financial institution, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC USA N.A. and Mervyn Yan, a former enterprise affiliate of Hunter Biden. The preliminary subpoena to HSBC Financial institution USA N.A. was misaddressed and didn’t embrace the phrase “Financial institution,” inflicting Comer to problem the subpoena a second time with the right identify.

Raskin beforehand disclosed the Financial institution of America subpoena to the general public in a letter to Comer final month. 

The memo accuses Comer of breaking longstanding committee precedent in issuing the subpoenas privately and never giving the minority correct discover. 

“Committee Republicans’ resolution to conduct this probe behind a veil of secrecy runs counter to the Committee’s conventional dedication to transparency and raises severe questions concerning the integrity of the investigation,” Raskin stated. 

The memo comes as Raskin despatched Comer a letter on Thursday alleging that he has withheld proof or misled the general public concerning the witnesses who Republicans have spoken to in relation to the investigation into Biden household funds. He stated he was involved with an announcement from Comer that committee Republicans had spoken with 4 witnesses within the investigation. 

“Your repeated statements about ‘4 individuals’ recommend that both you might have deliberately misrepresented the Committee’s investigative progress to your conservative viewers or that key investigative steps have been intentionally withheld from Committee Democrats,” Raskin stated within the letter. 

The subpoenas cowl monetary data for six individuals and at the least 10 entities and in “most circumstances” cowl greater than 14 years. 

Comer stated in an announcement to The Hill that Raskin disclosed the subpoenas “in an affordable try to thwart cooperation from different witnesses.” 

“Given his antics with the primary financial institution subpoena, the American individuals and media ought to be asking what data Rating Member Raskin is making an attempt to cover this time. Nobody ought to be fooled by Rating Member Raskin’s video games,” he stated. 

Emily Brooks contributed reporting.