President Joe Biden on Thursday laughed off a question on if he will hand over his bank records to Congress for an ongoing investigation into his son’s foreign business dealings and whether he was involved or profited from them.
After Biden delivered remarks at the FEMA headquarters on federal response efforts to Hurricane Idalia and the Maui fires, a reporter asked him if he would give his bank records to Congress as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has requested.
Biden raised both of his hands, laughed, and said, “Let’s talk about why I’m here.”
He ignored the question — which was repeated — and instead answered a question on the G-20 summit, even though it was not on federal response efforts either.
House Republicans so far have uncovered evidence that suggests Biden, as then-vice president, knew about and was involved in his son’s business affairs, despite Biden’s denying it for years.
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