Speaker Mike Johnson apparently doesn’t have a bank account, which is weird. Now there’s news that Rep. Andy Ogles also doesn’t have an account (as well as maybe other weirdness). Is it a taxes thing? And if there are Democrats trying this thing I won’t be surprised (well, perhaps not this trick now that it’s getting attention).
Ogles seems like another Santos based on that article.
This was discussed some in Factual Questions:
Is it possible to live in the US without a bank account?
The idea of required disclosure is to show the public who our elected officials take money from. So disclosure of a non-interest-bearing account is optional. The thread taught me that such accounts aren’t quite as rare, in the United States, as I had thought.
Most likely, they do have interest bearing accounts, and stocks and bonds, and are violating disclosure rules. If the House ethics committee wants, they can investigate. I don’t think it is a criminal matter, but would be glad to be corrected.