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House Democrats lose bid to fast-track Trump tax return lawsuit
Reuters ^ | August 29, 2019 | Jan Wolfe

Posted on 08/29/2019 4:05:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge refused on Thursday to fast-track a congressional lawsuit seeking to force disclosure of President Donald Trump’s federal tax returns, saying it was a complicated and important matter that should not be rushed.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in Washington said in a written order that under U.S. law, there was “only a narrow set of cases that must skip to the front of the line,” and that the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee had not shown its lawsuit was one of them.

McFadden said that while he was not prejudging the case, Trump’s defenses “seem unlikely to be so trivial as to justify a rush to the merits of the case.”

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: democrats; trumptaxewturns

1 posted on 08/29/2019 4:05:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

These Dems have to be defeated in 2020.


2 posted on 08/29/2019 4:53:08 PM PDT by victim soul (victim soul)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bwahahahaha

They’ll lose


3 posted on 08/29/2019 5:15:52 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Give it up, losers.


4 posted on 08/29/2019 5:55:02 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
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