“Hunter Biden’s committed serious crimes, as you mentioned, 150 suspicious activity reports. Those are the most severe bank violations. This is when the bank notifies the federal government that we’re pretty confident our client has committed a crime.”
James Comer
Member of Congress (R-Ky.). in an interview with Maria Bartiromo of Fox News,. Claim dated 16 Oct 2022.
Washington Post rated thisThree Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
Suspicious activity reports are akin to informant's tips, not direct evidence of a crime
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In short
James Comer (Member of Congress (R-Ky.)) made this claim around 16 October 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 October 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.
James Comer has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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