Posted on 04/22/2022 3:03:04 AM PDT by Libloather
A Russian oligarch who allegedly paid First Son Hunter Biden $3.5 million has not been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department amid the war in Ukraine, prompting House Republicans to launch a probe.
On Thursday, GOP lawmakers, led by House Oversight and Reform Committee member Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen demanding to know why Elena Baturina was not targeted by the sanctions.
“If the United States is avoiding sanctioning certain Russian oligarchs because of concerns they may attempt to influence American policy by exploiting Hunter Biden’s connection with his father – the President of the United States – the American people deserve to know it,” lawmakers wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by the New York Post.
The GOP group directly questioned whether Baturina was receiving preferential treatment because of her ties with Hunter. Comer and the 18 other Republicans cited in the letter noted that Baturina managed to evade the sanctions even after former President Donald Trump in 2018 classified her as a Russian “political figure and oligarch.”
“Because Hunter Biden is now subject to sanctions issued by Russia, his foreign business dealings are of heightened importance,” the letter read. “We request further information to determine whether Hunter Biden’s relationships with Russian oligarchs are impacting the foreign policy decisions of the United States.”
Baturina was the former wife of the late Yuri Luzhkov, who served as the mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010. In 2014, Trump claimed Baturina wired $3.5 million to a bank account held by Rosemont Seneca Thornton as payment for a “consultancy agreement.” Rosemont Seneca Thornton was allegedly an investment company founded by the younger Biden. Hunter’s lawyer, George Mesires, later refuted claims that Hunter was the owner of the firm.
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The real story is 10% for the Big Guy but Republicans won’t touch that, so they focus on Hunter. Same old story.
Wow, another strongly worded letter and a media that is not interested in this story.
Probe, investigate, probe, investigate. It is the same routine with GOP cucks and in the end no one is ever held responsible just like they NEVER are.
When the DOJ is corrupt there’s not much lawmakers can do other than investigate and pontificate.
So the big guy is getting 10 percent from RUSSIANS...putards take note
They don’t want the Russian oligarch to retaliate by publicly outing the Biden corruption and backing it up with a paper trail
Correct and blackmail works.
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