Mr. .@TimBurchett_N
Why are we targeting low hanging fruit ?!?
When will the DOJ, IRS, and House/Senate Ethics Committees announce indictments of Capitol Hill officials involved in secret offshore banking?
1/9
Why are we targeting low hanging fruit ?!?
When will the DOJ, IRS, and House/Senate Ethics Committees announce indictments of Capitol Hill officials involved in secret offshore banking?
1/9
https://twitter.com/timburchett/status/2062579085469979103
Multiple reports have highlighted lawmakers with offshore accounts, shell companies, and foreign money-laundering ties—including the Henry Cuellar indictment and allegations surrounding Dan Goldman’s Cayman Islands funds.
2/9
2/9
Yet no broad crackdown on Capitol Hill’s offshore banking has followed.
U.S. taxpayers deserve transparency. Will there be accountability for lawmakers hiding wealth offshore, or will this remain a loophole for the powerful?
#OffshoreBanking #CongressionalCorruption
3/9
U.S. taxpayers deserve transparency. Will there be accountability for lawmakers hiding wealth offshore, or will this remain a loophole for the powerful?
#OffshoreBanking #CongressionalCorruption
3/9
cc:
Department of Justice: @DOJgov
IRS Criminal Investigation: @IRScriminal
Office of Congressional Ethics: @OCE_United
House Ethics Committee: @HouseEthics
Senate Ethics Committee: @SenateEthics
4/9
Department of Justice: @DOJgov
IRS Criminal Investigation: @IRScriminal
Office of Congressional Ethics: @OCE_United
House Ethics Committee: @HouseEthics
Senate Ethics Committee: @SenateEthics
4/9
If lawmakers refuse to address secret offshore banking by Capitol Hill officials, then LE agencies will.
How does that help Capitol Hill lawmakers tanking approval?
5/9
How does that help Capitol Hill lawmakers tanking approval?
5/9
Let’s be clear:
• Offshore banking isn’t illegal on its face.
• Secret offshore banking, undisclosed accounts, and tax evasion absolutely are.
• If Congress won’t enforce its own rules or investigate its own members, the DOJ, IRS-CI, and federal prosecutors will.
6/9
• Offshore banking isn’t illegal on its face.
• Secret offshore banking, undisclosed accounts, and tax evasion absolutely are.
• If Congress won’t enforce its own rules or investigate its own members, the DOJ, IRS-CI, and federal prosecutors will.
6/9
That’s not a win for lawmakers.
It’s a public spectacle: indictments, hearings, headlines, and voters seeing their representatives as part of the problem, not the fix.
With approval ratings already in the low 20s, this is a self-inflicted wound:
7/9
It’s a public spectacle: indictments, hearings, headlines, and voters seeing their representatives as part of the problem, not the fix.
With approval ratings already in the low 20s, this is a self-inflicted wound:
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• Every day Congress delays, the public assumes corruption.
• Every offshore case by LE agencies becomes a confidence bomb for the entire institution.
• Every “they’re protecting themselves” narrative pushes approval even lower.
8/9
• Every offshore case by LE agencies becomes a confidence bomb for the entire institution.
• Every “they’re protecting themselves” narrative pushes approval even lower.
8/9
The obvious question:
Why would lawmakers choose to let LE agencies control the narrative instead of cleaning this up themselves?
The answer shouldn’t be “because they’re afraid of the truth.”
#OffshoreBanking #Congress #DOJ #IRS #Ethics #Accountability
9/9
Why would lawmakers choose to let LE agencies control the narrative instead of cleaning this up themselves?
The answer shouldn’t be “because they’re afraid of the truth.”
#OffshoreBanking #Congress #DOJ #IRS #Ethics #Accountability
9/9
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