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Trump tax returns must be released by IRS to Congress, DOJ says
cnbc.com ^ | 7/30/2021 | Dan Mangan Kevin Breuninger

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; cyrusthevirus; injusticedepartment; taxreturns; trump
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To: bitt

We live in a lawless nation. Where both our constitution and statutes are routinely ignored. Really sad.


41 posted on 07/30/2021 11:23:12 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are prepexcreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: bitt

yeah? what year, or do they want them all...


42 posted on 07/30/2021 11:23:59 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: bitt

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.


43 posted on 07/30/2021 11:24:26 AM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
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To: LoveMyFreedom
Democrats & RINOS = elites

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.

44 posted on 07/30/2021 11:26:29 AM PDT by Turbo Pig ('to close with and destroy the enemy")
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To: bitt

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.


45 posted on 07/30/2021 11:28:39 AM PDT by outpostinmass2 (Y)
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To: Red Badger

Yep. Unfortunately there is no rule of law.


46 posted on 07/30/2021 11:31:47 AM PDT by DownInFlames (G)
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To: DownInFlames
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
47 posted on 07/30/2021 11:34:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: EinNYC
#34: "The DOJ … would lick Odungo's anus on public TV if he asked them to do so--and like it!"

Indeed they would. And that would really boost PBS's fundraiser too.

48 posted on 07/30/2021 11:35:12 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration." — Thomas Edison)
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To: bitt

We are a lawless corrupt nation.


49 posted on 07/30/2021 11:35:27 AM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: DownInFlames
45: “Yep. Unfortunately there is no rule of law.”

And no Constitution. We have a CINO now, Constitution in Name Only, ignored by courts, lawyers, and legislatures.

50 posted on 07/30/2021 11:37:42 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration." — Thomas Edison)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Ditto that!


51 posted on 07/30/2021 11:46:00 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: bitt

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.


52 posted on 07/30/2021 11:46:24 AM PDT by falcon99 (qu)
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To: bitt

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.


53 posted on 07/30/2021 11:47:16 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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To: Democrat = party of treason

I don’t know about that, I didn’t see a lot of Justice when the Rs were in control.


54 posted on 07/30/2021 11:47:28 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: bitt

No there there.


55 posted on 07/30/2021 11:49:54 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: bitt

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.


56 posted on 07/30/2021 11:50:14 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: bitt

So the department of justice is creating laws now????


57 posted on 07/30/2021 11:51:35 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: bitt

How far will they go until we simply say it’s time to go to the mattresses?


58 posted on 07/30/2021 12:03:20 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

they are deathly afraid of a Trump return to the WH.


59 posted on 07/30/2021 12:07:19 PM PDT by elpadre ( )
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To: bitt

Where’s the demand for Beijing Biden and Spread Eagle Kumela?


60 posted on 07/30/2021 12:08:44 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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