Posted on 05/06/2019 2:49:45 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday told House Democrats he would not furnish President Trump’s tax returns despite their legal request, the latest move by Trump administration officials to shield the president from congressional investigations.
Mnuchin, in a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), said he had consulted with the Justice Department and that they had concluded that it would not be lawful for the Trump administration to turn over the tax returns because of potential violations of privacy.
Mnuchin added that requests from Congress “must reasonable serve a legitimate legislative purpose” and that the request from Democrats does not.
A number of legal experts have said it would be unprecedented for Mnuchin to refuse to turn over the tax returns, as the power for lawmakers to seek the returns is written explicitly in a 1924 law.
But Mnuchin, Trump’s former campaign finance chairman, has fought to protect the returns from public disclosure and said it would create a dangerous precedent if the returns are released. Mnuchin’s announcement on Monday appears to be his final decision in the matter, though he has hinted for weeks that he would not allow the release.
On April 23, Mnuchin notified House Democrats that he would be consulting with the Justice Department about the request for Trump’s tax returns and planned to reach his final decision on May 6
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Time to call their bluff.
They just want to drag this out until the election.
Just say NO! Guess they don’t know no, no ways.
Good.
They had no business, no justification for requesting those documents.
If there was a problem with his tax returns you can count on it that the IRS would have leaked it by now.
The scumbags that they are.
Almost 6 more years of this nonsense to go. Stay calm. Be prepared.
Link to Treasury Doc:
But, but, but, what about all those “experts”??? CNN must have some porn lawyer saying they must be produced!
But, this (from the article):
“...the latest move by Trump administration officials to shield the president from congressional investigations....”
Now just a cotton pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. Trump is guilty of something, because otherwise they wouldn’t be accusing him of anything. So they have to see his tax returns in order to discover what it is he’s guilty of.
“He has transgressed the Unwritten Law”
This clearly means Trump has something to hide, most likely there is proof that Putin pays Trump.
I know this because they said it on msnbc so it must be true.
They would never lie.
That 1924 law has never been challenged in court as to contitutionality.
Now might be a good time.
Fishing expeditions are an abuse of power, even the lousy WashPost knows that.
that is the most tendentious lead I have ever read.
You mean accusing him of ‘everything’ dont you?
Add Mnuchin the Impeach List ,LOL
Washington Post using the word ‘Legal’, DOJ said ‘unlawful’. MMMM! Who to believe?
bkmk
Why not just post this in the first place, instead of a link to an unreliable #fakenews source?
Doesn’t the President get free legal defense? If he were not the President the Dems would be legally harassing him until he went broke.
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