Dems will never see Trump's tax returns [pending]

But he promised we would. Shows what his word is worth.

Maybe ... or maybe not.

But anyone concerned about the future of this country sliding into dictatorship should be hoping they do. There is no gray area in the law, it's as clear as day the law spells out that the Ways and Means Chairman can request "and shall receive" the president's tax returns. There's even precedent when it was exercised with Nixon.

So if it comes to pass that Dems don't get his returns, that would mean the president can abuse his power to break the law with complete and total impunity. That doesn't bode well for our immediate future.

Right now it's coming down to whether Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is really that much of a sycophantic patsy that he's willing to break the law to protect the president. Mnuchin will apparently instruct the IRS to refuse congressional requests, under his fake legal doctrine known as “The law doesn’t apply to Donald Trump.”

The House of Representatives will then sue to compel the IRS to comply with the law, and the IRS *should* lose in court, or until the case reaches the Supreme Court. But even there, the law is so clear they should lose 9-0 in a sane world. That's when we get to learn if we truly live in a banana republic. But Trump's strategy is clear. Even if he does lose the case eventually, this is all a giant stalling tactic for the next 19 months until he can secure re-election.

If Mr Trump has nothing to hide. Then he should have no problem releasing his tax returns. Unless he dose have something to hide. Like all those dead hookers buried under trump tower.


P.s. just so you don't get so pissy. That last part was a joke.

Trump has claimed that he is under continual audit because he is a "strong Christian."

I think that the House Oversight Committee should investigate this outrageous religious persecution by the IRS. Bring in the head of the IRS and demand he explain why the President is being audited. Show the details of that audit to prove that it is not a matter of religious persecution.

it is crazy. Every nominee for 40 years has released their tax returns. So, why don't Republicans demand them to be released?

You know what Trump and his dittoheads DID demand to be released? Obama's birth certificate, which is something no nominee has EVER had to do.

Why are Republicans always so backwards?

Dems can do what they want. They control the house.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/13/politics/trump-tax-returns-house-letter-irs/index.html

In a two-page letter, Neal writes that he believes his committee is well within its rights to see the President's tax returns and that he expects a decision from the IRS within the next 10 days.

"I expect a reply from the IRS by 5:00 p.m. on April 23, 2019. Please know that if you fail to comply, your failure will be interpreted as a denial of my request," Neal writes.

The letter leans heavily into the committee's legal rational for the returns and Neal writes that, "I am aware that concerns have been raised regarding my request, and the authority of the committee. Those concerns lack merit. Moreover, judicial precedent commands that none of the concerns raised can legitimately be used to deny the committee's request."

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday said he has "not personally spoken" to Attorney General William Barr about a congressional request made by Neal for Trump's tax returns.

When asked by CNN, the secretary told reporters that the Treasury's Department's legal office has been in consultation with the Justice Department's lawyers.

"Those conversation have started, but it would be premature for me to conclude how long that will take, because as I've said these are complicated issues," said Mnuchin, who was speaking on the sidelines of the annual International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington. "And I think it's more important to the American taxpayers that we get this right than we hit an arbitrary deadline."