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Posted on 07/17/2018 12:56:42 PM PDT by jazusamo
Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) is renewing his call for President Trump to release his tax returns after the president's controversial press conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week.
Sanford told The Washington Post’s Robert Costa on Tuesday that he doesn’t know if Putin has any compromising information on Trump, but said he wants more information about Trump’s finances in light of the president's comments while standing alongside Putin the previous day.
Trump's remarks during a joint press conference with Putin in Helsinki were widely panned by U.S. lawmakers, with many Republicans and Democrats condemning his comments siding with Putin's denial of Russian interference in the 2016 election over the conclusions of his own U.S. intelligence advisers.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) blasted Trump's press conference as “one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory,” while a former Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee called Trump's actions "shocking."
Trump was the first presidential candidate in decades to not disclose his tax returns, citing an IRS audit, though the agency has said that taxpayers can release their own information at any time. The president has suggested that he may not release them until he leaves office.
Democratic lawmakers have failed in multiple attempts to pass measures forcing Trump to release them.
Sanford, who has been critical of Trump throughout his presidency, has urged the president to release his tax returns in the past.
Last year, the South Carolina Republican endorsed a Democratic effort to obtain Trump's tax returns through the House and Senate committees with oversight of the IRS. Sanford also penned a New York Times op-ed ahead of the election calling for Trump to release them.
Trump and Sanford have recently butted heads after Trump attacked him and endorsed his opponent hours before Sanford's GOP primary last month.
Sanford was defeated by state Rep. Katie Arrington, who portrayed the congressman as a traitor to Trump.
Pound Sand and STFU
didn’t he move to south america with his mistress?
Go away, like to Argentina, Mark.......................
That’s where the turkey belongs.
When is Mark Sanford’s term over and done?
I see he’s going to be another vindictive, trouble making Short-Timer,
like Bobby Corker and Jeff Flake.
Sanford told The Washington Post’s Robert Costa on Tuesday that he doesn’t know if Putin has any compromising information on Trump ............................ RINO! He better worry if he doesn’t have some on him. Awful lot of Congress Critters seem to want to know what Putin may have told or released to Trump. Lots of squirming going on in the bait bucket.
Soon to be ex-GOP lawmaker. And for good reason.
Sad to see what was once a great Congressman and Governor who had the makings of a Presidential candidate so completely self-destruct as Mark Sanford has.
He went full Joe Scarborough.
All the defeated/retiring GOP misfits are getting in their shots against President Trump before claiming their cushy congressional retirement goodies.
The Never Trumper Sanford is irrelevant now that he lost his primary election. He’ll be forever gone come next January. Meanwhile he tries for the last bit of attention; similar to the vile Juan McCain.
It’s nice that so many of these losers are getting broomed out of office.
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Trump could say, “I’ll release mine only when all the other politicians release theirs.”
Why should he?? What business is it of ours if Trump is financed by the Russian state??
(all the other politicians release theirs)
He can spend all his free time taking a hike. He's good at that.
Establishment Repubare the worst.
The end of the year.
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