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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January 6 will seem like Romper Room if this shit continues!
How do you make important stuff public?
They have already admitted that the 2nd impeachment was to make him ineligible to run again. This is the next bite at that apple. There is no question that if they get the tax returns that it will be released, officially or leaked, and spun way out of context.
So, you are saying the Republicans have never controlled the government then huh?
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