The U.S. Treasury Department was asked by two Republican senators about any possible reports of money laundering or fraud in the business dealings of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, with a Ukraine energy firm long accused of corruption.
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, sent a letter to Ken Blanco, the director of the Treasury Department’s financial crimes division. The letter (pdf) is seeking “suspicious activity reports,” which are documents that financial institutions file with the Treasury Department when there are suspected cases of fraud or money laundering.
