Posted on 12/22/2022 3:07:18 AM PST by blueplum
...Neal, D-Mass., said Tuesday that the move -- done along party lines -- was overwhelmingly in the public interest despite federal law that generally prohibits disclosure of individual Americans' tax returns without their permission or a court order....
In October, the House panel told the U.S. Supreme Court that Trump's records were essential to "examining the need for 'legislation on equitable tax administration..."
..."The Chairman's request robustly articulated and documented the legislative need for the request," the committee told the high court. The justices ultimately sided with the committee....
..."The judges and justices who reviewed this case took the committee at its word that they were pursuing a legitimate purpose as legislators and not as political opponents," Isgur said. "Playing politics within days of getting these documents -- and before there's been any of the promised legislative activity -- will undercut their credibility for the next case where they ask the court to defer to their legislative prerogatives."...
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At this point I would no longer consider it a legal or moral obligation for anyone for anyone to provide accurate information on a tax return.
according to Vox.com Trump “ paid $1.1 million in federal income taxes between 2016 and 2019, but none in 2020 after his businesses reported big losses amid the pandemic. He also earned a total of $38.1 million in interest during his time in the White House...”
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/21/23521577/trump-tax-returns-irs
Another weaponized agency!
Who cares what Trump pays or doesn’t..or what he makes or not....the man was doing great things for every American...and frankly if he and his family benefited from I’m glad!
We have a Fake Government.
And he took no salary during his presidency
President Trump, remember, worked for FREE during his administration.
He gave his almost half a million each year to some agency or charity, not sure which.
All I know is, HE GOT NO MONEY FOR HIMSELF WHILE HE WORKED HARD FOR US.
I would LOVE to see a Dimocrap do that!!!!! They NEVER would.
i just ponder how much crap we’re gonna witness when a Repub calls for a democrat’s returns to be made public!?? if that ever happens that is ...
Worse than shady dealings, this is a gross violation of Pres. Trumps rights under the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. This is harassment for the purpose of cheap theater, nothing more.
Shady dealings by EVIL DEMOCRATS!
Trump has lost MILLIONS just by being President and DETESTED BY DEMOCRATS!! They won’t stop until he is BROKE and in PRISON!
“The judges and justices who reviewed this case took the committee at its word that they were pursuing a legitimate purpose as legislators and not as political opponents,” Isgur said. “Playing politics within days of getting these documents — and before there’s been any of the promised legislative activity — will undercut their credibility for the next case where they ask the court to defer to their legislative prerogatives.”
“Playing politics within days of getting these documents”
A blind man could have seen this coming. The judges and justices who reviewed this case appear to be quite naive, at the very least.
How is this legal?
The first thing that any committee that looks into Hunter or Joe Biden should do is to request the tax returns of all the Bidens for the last 10 years. For legislative purposes.
It isn’t like they didn’t know, they should have backed this with contempt charges dangling over their heads
Republicans better go after pecker puss Pelosi’s tax returns first thing.
If DJT’s tax returns are released to the public it would only be fair to release ALL returns from ALL politicians!!!
hopefully this delivers to trump a major political weapon — public hatred of the irs — with which to bludgeon liberals
They walked right into Trump’s trap.
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