The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee is accusing committee Republicans of conducting their investigation of the Biden family’s business dealings “behind a veil of secrecy,” charging that the majority party has privately issued subpoenas without providing Democrats sufficient notice.
In an April 6 memo (pdf) to committee Democrats, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) asserted that Republicans had issued six subpoenas for financial records without providing “proper notice” to Democrats in a break with long-standing precedent.
“Committee Republicans’ decision to conduct this probe behind a veil of secrecy runs counter to the Committee’s traditional commitment to transparency and raises serious questions about the integrity of the investigation,” Raskin wrote. “Further, Chairman [James] Comer’s furtive actions have resulted in at least one misaddressed subpoena and the release of private citizens’ personal financial information that was compelled by Committee Republicans without any notice to the affected parties.”…