DUers who know how to find these things. Is this legit?

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NEW EDIT: I removed the twitter embed because it's confusing my question

here is a twitter user's reply to a tweet by GOP rep James Comer:

Concerned Citizen @Seanphicks

While Comer the Clown is spreading conspiracies about Hunter Biden and Biden family finances, he's conveniently refused to file his own financial disclosures.

I went to this page:

https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/PublicDisclosure/FinancialDisclosure

...and downloaded the financial disclosure 2023 file that was listed. It's a zip file with both text and xml versions. But all these are is a list of the names of the elected members who have filed their financials, the date those forms were submitted and the document number. That's as far as I can search because I don't know where else to look.

Comer's name is not on this list.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. "Biden family bank records" and "the Bidens received millions"

thereby implicating Joe Biden without exposing himself to a defamation lawsuit.

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3. It's the reply to Comer's tweet I'm asking about

Is that Financial Disclosure Extension form for Comer legit?

This is what I want to know.

I'm sorry that Comer's tweet is included. I have him blocked on the twitter, actually. Unfortunately that's how replies to tweets render in linked embeds.

[brooklynite]

5. Financial Disclosure is a Congressional Rule, not a law...

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[raging moderate]

2. Our side should publicize the TRUMP FAMILY finances!

We all saw how Trump and his children ALL profited HUGELY from his position when he was in the White House! Whoever can figure out how to do it should publish the documents that prove this fact!

[Lonestarblue]

4. How could Comer even get access to the Bidens' private back records without a warrant?

And since there’s no evidence of a crime because the DOJ investigated these allegations and found nothing years ago, how could he even get a warrant? Can members of Congress get a judge to issue warrants? They aren’t police officers.

This makes no sense.

[Effete Snob]

9. Really?

Did we just not go through several years of discussions about the subpoena powers of Congressional Committees or what?

The way this works is that everything a Democratic Congress can do, a Republican Congress can do.

Yes, they subpoenaed, and obtained, banking records of various members of the Biden family.

[Effete Snob]

6. Is what legit?

You asked "Is this legit" and the OP has about a dozen various assertions.

What is it you are seeking to determine is "legit" or not?

As a completely unsurprising fact of life, Billy Carter was known for drinking beer, and got paid quite well to lend his name to a brand of beer during Jimmy Carter's presidency, because a few folks thought they could make a buck off of it. Ruth Carter Stapleton would have been an unknown preacher if not for the fact that she was the president's sister, which attracted cash to her various goings-on.

There is not a shred of evidence that Joe Biden ever lifted a finger in his official capacity as a consequence of whatever business other members of his family had been up to, or that he had anything to do with whatever business they were conducting - including with persons who may have thought it worthwhile to curry favor with some member of his extended family.

That the GOP is continuing to beat this dead horse in full view of the festival of corruption involved in the Trump spawn's obvious mixing of the family business with their highly visible roles in the Trump administration, is the most monumentally impressive act of hypocrisy I have ever seen.

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7. okay fine

I will edit my OP again. I'm removing the embedded twitter link and just leaving up the image and text of the guy who replied to Comer

[Effete Snob]

8. Here's what you need to do

You don't have to download the whole file.

Observe:

https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/PublicDisclosure/FinancialDisclosure



Click on Search Reports

Search on Comer:



Click on his name:



And the direct link to the document is here:

https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/30018895.pdf

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10. Thank you!!!

I tried that search but I chose to search for the year 2023, which was dumb on my part.

[Effete Snob]

11. 2023 isn't over yet

Long New Year's hangover? It's okay, there's still some year left.

And, by the way, the fact that it is due by 8/13 does not necessarily mean it will be posted on the site by that date.