Cocky Biden says ‘hee-hee-hee’ when reporter asks about McCarthy’s request for his bank records

President Biden responded with a laugh when asked if he would comply with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s request for his bank records.

The 80-year-old president was taking questions during a gaggle with reporters at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he spoke about now-Tropical Storm Idalia when he was asked about surrendering his bank records

“Hee-hee-hee,” Biden replied. “Let’s talk about why I’m here.”

McCarthy called on Biden to “give us his bank statements” in early August, as Republicans inch toward a possible impeachment inquiry into the president’s role in son Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings.

“I think there’s enough proof out there that this Biden family needs to come forward and show there wasn’t a pay-to-play,” McCarthy said during an appearance on Fox News — the appearance coming on the heels of Hunter’s former associate Devon Archer implicating President Biden in about two dozen phone calls and in-person meetings with his son’s foreign business partners.

As for focusing on questions about the storm, Biden had already taken questions about Overdose Awareness Day, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s health and a potential partial government shutdown, as noted by the New York Post. And after laughing off the inquiry about his bank records, the president entertained a question about Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the G20 summit next month in India.

More from the Post on the Biden family’s controversial business dealings:

Hunter Biden wrote in emails retrieved from his former laptop that he had to give “half” of his income to Joe Biden and the House Oversight Committee in May identified nine Biden family members who allegedly received foreign revenue.

The Oversight Committee has requested a vast array of records — most recently demanding from the National Archives emails containing Joe Biden’s use of pseudonyms “Robin Ware” and “Robert L. Peters” — of which more than 5,000 reportedly exist.

 

Biden has been in a jovial mood of late, it seems. Here he is laughing about the mug shot of Donald Trump after his chief Republican presidential rival was indicted last week in Atlanta:

Tom Tillison

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