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Rachel Maddow Committed A Felony On Live TV : 26 U.S. Code § 7213 - Update: The WH Warned Her
Cornell ^ | 03/15/17

Posted on 03/15/2017 6:00:06 AM PDT by Enlightened1

26 U.S. Code § 7213 - Unauthorized disclosure of information
 
(a) Returns and return information
 
(3) Other persons
 
It shall be unlawful for any person to whom any return or return information (as defined in section 6103(b)) is disclosed in a manner unauthorized by this title thereafter willfully to print or publish in any manner not provided by law any such return or return information. Any violation of this paragraph shall be a felony punishable by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.
 
[link to https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7213
 
EDIT.
 
And just to be clear, it's irrelevant that she's media. The NYT refrained from publishing Trump's tax return in October last year because it would be a felony.
 
[http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/trump-claims-the-new-york-times-illegally-published-his-taxes-we-investigate-if-thats-true/]
 
EDIT 2.
 
The White House warned Maddow not to release the documents, as doing so is illegal!
 
[link to http://kutv.com/news/nation-world/maddow-says-she-has-obtained-trumps-tax-returns-seriously
 
EDIT 3. This AC challenges the claim that this was a felony.  Let's be clear - Maddow committed a felony by releasing the tax return.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Miscellaneous; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 26uscode; felony; maddowfelony; rachelmaddow; trumptaxes; warned
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To: Enlightened1

Great leverage to negotiate with MSNBC. Fire her or else.


61 posted on 03/15/2017 7:43:53 AM PDT by LouisianaJoanof Arc (Proud horrible deplorable)
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To: Alberta's Child

Ex wives have this info in divorce files. Marla Maples and Trump divorced in 2005 I believe.


62 posted on 03/15/2017 7:48:45 AM PDT by LouisianaJoanof Arc (Proud horrible deplorable)
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To: LouisianaJoanof Arc

Marla Maples and DJT divorced in 1999. DJT married Melania in 2005.


63 posted on 03/15/2017 7:55:00 AM PDT by PJBankard
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To: PJBankard

Thanks for the correction. Sorry about the error.


64 posted on 03/15/2017 7:59:21 AM PDT by LouisianaJoanof Arc (Proud horrible deplorable)
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To: Enlightened1

She should be in jail along with snoop dog.


65 posted on 03/15/2017 7:59:57 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: SSS Two

please explain how obtaining personal, legally protected information about someone and publishing it is a “free speech” issue.

The protections on the tax returns are pursuant to a sliver of the 4th amendment. Because government compels disclosure, the information is protected to ensure privacy.

If this is a “free speech” issue, then the 1st amendment must allow for abrogation of the 4th.


66 posted on 03/15/2017 8:05:04 AM PDT by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention. Chalk one up for creativity!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It might have been her incentive.


67 posted on 03/15/2017 8:08:26 AM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Maybe, to her it was an enticement.


68 posted on 03/15/2017 8:10:09 AM PDT by Tucker39 (In giving us The Christ, God gave us the ONE thing we desperately NEEDED; a Savior.)
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To: Enlightened1

Liberals always get away with everything.
Doubt anything will happen to this “man”.


69 posted on 03/15/2017 8:13:07 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

ANYONE: did I hear on Hannity Trump paid more than the opines of comcast the NBC parent company?


70 posted on 03/15/2017 8:15:52 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

OWNERS


71 posted on 03/15/2017 8:16:17 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Enlightened1

She sure did, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Specifically illegal. If the government doesn’t go after her, then there is no rule of law.


72 posted on 03/15/2017 8:23:14 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Enlightened1

I hope they just fine her. I do not want to endure the debates over the unanswerable question: whether Maddow belongs in a men’s or women’s prison.


73 posted on 03/15/2017 8:31:02 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: ican'tbelieveit

My son just moved to a new location, still within SF. His new home has 1400 sq ft with very little yard, if any. He pays 3x the amount for his rent that I pay for the mortgage on my 3100 sq ft home on 1-1/2 acres. But hey, he has so many places to shop and eat out where he lives, and there’s a decent transit system when he doesn’t want to drive himself. I don’t have to deal with big city traffic unless I want to (and I usually don’t). To each his own, I guess.


74 posted on 03/15/2017 8:32:48 AM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Col Frank Slade
You have to arrest her , the no name who got them in the mail, and the entity that mailed them.

I'd have to think the show producer would be complicit too.

75 posted on 03/15/2017 8:50:40 AM PDT by pa_dweller (President Donald Trump, President Donald Trump. Because I know you like seeing it.)
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To: Enlightened1

I will register my complaint as a private citizen, citing the applicable law.

https://www.justice.gov/contact-us

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U.S. Department of Justice
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Washington, DC 20530-0001
The Department may be contacted by phone at the following:

Department Comment Line: 202-353-1555
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76 posted on 03/15/2017 10:49:07 AM PDT by monkeybrau
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To: Polyxene; SomeCallMeTim

:)


77 posted on 03/15/2017 12:08:27 PM PDT by Daffynition ("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Yep! time to start playing a little offense against these despicable people!


78 posted on 03/15/2017 12:24:19 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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