Trump Lawyer: Financial Records Would Give Congress Too Much Power

Newsmax ^ | 13 December 2021 | Theodore Bunker

[blueplum]

Former President Donald Trump’s attorney on Monday argued that allowing Congress to subpoena his client’s financial records and revealing them "to the whole world" would give the Upper Chamber too much power over the president.

"The committee says it needs a detailed understanding and full accounting of President Trump's finances in order to legislate," attorney Cameron Norris said on Monday...

"No prior Congress has demanded this kind of information, but every future Congress will if this Court upholds the subpoena. There's no principled way to limit the fallout to President Trump."....

[blueplum]

and, as Norris pointed out, giving Congress such precident puts any sitting president at the mercy of Congressional blackmail, i.e., subservient to the will of Congress, and severing the separation of powers.

[princess leah]

Not unless they open the files on EVERY congressperson and senator first!

[Yogafist]

Let them set that precedent, with the Republicans poised to take back Congress next year, and a corruptibly vulnerable democrat president. There could be hell to pay for their short sightedness. Oh wait, Republicans, never mind.

[Vendome]

Then we go scorched earth on local politicians

[Brian Griffin]

Congress could ask for the returns of say all the current Forbes billionaires with the names, addresses and SSNs redacted. That would provide more information.

That Congress has not the slightest interest in doing so says their request for Trump’s information is persecutory.

Congress could also call in high income IRS tax auditors and ask them questions.

[GOP Poet]

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[BushCountry]

“Then we go scorched earth on local politicians.”

Would be nice, but Republicans are spineless jellyfish.

[Georgia Girl 2]

They don’t really care about Trump’s financial documents. Mark Meadows and Bannon don’t have them. No the Jan 6th rats are desperate to try to backdoor their way into Trump’s PEADs (presidential emergency action documents). The DS knows Trump is up to something but they just don’t know the plan and are desperate to find out. Its not going to happen but they are still trying. That is the entire reason for the Jan 6th committee.