Posted on 07/30/2021 11:07:44 AM PDT by bitt
The income tax returns of former President Donald Trump must be released by the IRS to Congress, the Department of Justice said.
The DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel said that Congress had made a legitimate request to see Trump's tax returns.
The decision came more than a year after the Supreme Court said that Trump's tax returns and other financial records had to be turned over by his longtime accountants to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. as part of a criminal probe.
The income tax returns of former President Donald Trump must be released by the IRS to Congress, the Department of Justice said Friday.
The DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel in a written opinion said that the House Ways and Means Committee had made a request with a legitimate legislative purpose to see Trump's tax returns, with a stated objective of assessing how the IRS audits presidents' tax returns.
Under federal law, the tax-related committees of Congress have a "broad right" to obtain taxpayer information from the Treasury Department, the IRS's parent,the 39-page opinion noted.
"The statute at issue here is unambiguous: 'Upon written request' of the chairman of one of the three congressional tax committees, the Secretary 'shall furnish' the requested tax information to the Committee,' " the opinion said.
While those committees cannot compel the executive branch of the government to compel disclosure of that information, the opinion noted that tax returns should be denied to the committees "only in exceptional circumstances," and when that request "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose."
The decision comes more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court said that Trump's tax returns and other financial records had to be turned over by his longtime accountants to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., because of a subpoena issued as part of
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We live in a lawless nation. Where both our constitution and statutes are routinely ignored. Really sad.
yeah? what year, or do they want them all...
They won’t find crap in his taxes. But now the door is opened to see Biden’s and Pelosi’s and Schumers, and McConnells tax returns. The DOJ is setting up all these crooks for audits.
We need to come up with another term to use, except "elite". They are different than the average American; they are far from superior, though.
Pelosi has already seen Trump’s tax returns. This is just political theater to let the NYT publish Trump’s tax returns. The NY AG has Trump’s tax returns and most assuredly has leaked the info to Democrat leaders.
Yep. Unfortunately there is no rule of law.
Indeed they would. And that would really boost PBS's fundraiser too.
We are a lawless corrupt nation.
And no Constitution. We have a CINO now, Constitution in Name Only, ignored by courts, lawyers, and legislatures.
Ditto that!
The DOJ is in a competition with its underling, the FBI, to see who can be the most corrupt. Right now it is a dead heat.
All income tax schemes and IRS must be abolished for the income tax is the government’s chain enslaving the American people.
There is no way that the founding fathers wanted American citizens reporting directly to the federal government everything in our lives and having government sees our pay before we even see it in our checks.
The income tax is the epitome of slavery because the master gets the pay first then you the slave gets your pittance.
I don’t know about that, I didn’t see a lot of Justice when the Rs were in control.
No there there.
The original income tax what is one half of 1% of any income over 1 million dollars.
This was in the early 1900s, So that included maybe a couple of dozen people.
When it was passed they promised it would never go any higher.
So the department of justice is creating laws now????
How far will they go until we simply say it’s time to go to the mattresses?
they are deathly afraid of a Trump return to the WH.
Where’s the demand for Beijing Biden and Spread Eagle Kumela?
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