Rachel Maddow Committed A Felony On Live TV : 26 U.S. Code § 7213 - Update: The WH Warned Her

Cornell ^ | 03/15/17

[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.

[VitacoreVision]

Did MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show break law by publishing Donald Trump’s tax returns?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/15/did-msnbcs-rachel-maddow-show-break-law-publishing-donald-trumps/

Rachel Maddow May Have Committed a Felony by Releasing Trump’s Return
http://www.cscmediagroupus.com/cscmediagroupus_03ox2s/rachel-maddow-felony-trump

Rachel Maddow’s career committed suicide live on national TV tonight
http://legalinsurrection.com/2017/03/rachel-maddows-career-committed-suicide-live-on-national-tv-tonight/

[P-Marlowe]

Paging Jeff Sessions. Cleanup on aisle 13.

[DIRTYSECRET]

She would be very ‘popular’ in a women’s prison with all those butch-types. Still the thought of it didn’t stop her.

[small farm girl]

Well, they know when and where to find her, would be great ratings to cuff her during her show :)

[small farm girl]

Well, they know when and where to find her, would be great ratings to cuff her during her show :)

[Hotlanta Mike]

Exactly...liberals engaging in yet further and blatant criminality. Arrest, prosecute and incarcerate.

[Hotlanta Mike]

They should raid the studio with SWAT and put the fear of God in them....

[bk1000]

If anything she’ll just get the fine. The publicity she got from it would be worth the $5k. Jail time or it was worth it.

[grobdriver]

OK, AG Sessions - you're up!

I want to see her spend every dime she's ever saved, and every dime she'll ever earn, on legal fees - just like some Christian bakers I've read about...

[Col Frank Slade]

You have to arrest her , the no name who got them in the mail, and the entity that mailed them.

Start with her and the bearded one.

[ConservativeStatement]

IIRC, she once said “San Francisco is what happens when Democrats run cities...so why are conservatives so afraid?” I guess she forgot about places such as Detroit.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Chris Plante re-hashing this. Hilarious!

[allendale]

The time has come to discipline lowlife, criminal liberals in a definitive manner.

[wally_bert]

Mass citizen’s arrest?

[Jambe]

> She would be very ‘popular’ in a women’s prison with all those butch-types. Still the thought of it didn’t stop her.

Maybe she’s decided to take up speed dating?

[Enlightened1]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

Does anybody really believe that a reporter, who nobody ever heard of, "went to his mailbox" and found my tax returns? @NBCNews  FAKE NEWS!

[DoodleDawg]

Wake me when she’s arrested.

[Enlightened1]

Guilfoyle: Legal questions surround Maddow report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwgcyEog-8g

[DBrow]

Hey, what’s his name waved around a standard capacity mag while in DC and nothing happened to him.