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Why the I.R.S. Should Go After Trump
NYT ^ | 06 15 2018 | Philip T. Hackney

Posted on 06/16/2018 8:03:10 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

As a former attorney for the chief counsel of the I.R.S. who specialized in nonprofit organizations, I believe Mr. Trump is also criminally liable for his actions. If I were still at the I.R.S., based on the lawsuit, I would make a criminal referral, on charges of tax evasion or false statements on a tax return, or both.

On the tax evasion charge, the government must demonstrate that the defendant willfully failed to pay a tax he owed and acted to disguise or attempted to disguise that evasion. For a false statement charge, the government must show the defendant willingly signed a return under penalties of perjury, making a materially false statement that he knew was false.

These are not easy charges to prove, but the Trump Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is entrusted with money to be used exclusively for public charitable purposes. Any use of foundation money to benefit himself is akin to theft.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: desperate; establishment; gettrump; irs; latestsmear; nyt; trump
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To: deadrock

Is this chap even half the expert he makes himself out to be?


21 posted on 06/16/2018 8:14:52 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The I.R.S. audit Trump every year ,LOL sounds like the Dems already ordered it


22 posted on 06/16/2018 8:15:07 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: yesthatjallen

Guessing that this is the guy that told Lois Lerner what to do. One of millions of America’s enemies.


23 posted on 06/16/2018 8:15:20 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The tax code is so complex that pretty much everyone is guilty of tax crimes whether they know it or not.


24 posted on 06/16/2018 8:16:01 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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To: yesthatjallen
the Trump Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is entrusted with money to be used exclusively for public charitable purposes. Any use of foundation money to benefit himself is akin to theft.

That they can keep a straight face making these charges while ignoring the hundreds of millions of dollars of graft generated by the Clinton Family Slush Fund through the sale of U.S. foreign policy is mind boggling.

25 posted on 06/16/2018 8:16:02 AM PDT by Drew68
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Yeah, because the IRS totally ignores billionaires and doesnt give them enough scrutiny that they are forced to hire armies of tax lawyers


26 posted on 06/16/2018 8:16:16 AM PDT by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: wastoute

Tocqueville early on noted America’s private charitable associations and thought them somewhat unique.

Carnegie was probably the first modern foundation, but it wasn’t until the Income Tax Amendment that they became a political scam.


27 posted on 06/16/2018 8:16:18 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: yesthatjallen
The “sculpture” unsecured and left in a public place was an attractive nuisance.

IOWs out of law school he couldn't get a real job.

28 posted on 06/16/2018 8:16:19 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: yesthatjallen

Hackney was probably part of the CABAL against all the Conservative groups!


29 posted on 06/16/2018 8:17:35 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: goldstategop

Reporter is certainly living up to his name!


30 posted on 06/16/2018 8:17:57 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!)
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To: Ann Archy

Let’s acknowledge the bright side. The [R]ats are getting flushed out.


31 posted on 06/16/2018 8:19:01 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Specializing in the targeting of Conservative groups, no doubt.


32 posted on 06/16/2018 8:19:43 AM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: Howie66

It’s fair to ask why he quit. Or did they fire him.


33 posted on 06/16/2018 8:21:12 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: yesthatjallen

“These are not easy charges to prove, but the Trump Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is entrusted with money to be used exclusively for public charitable purposes. Any use of foundation money to benefit himself is akin to theft.”

With the obvious exceptions of the Clinton Foundation and Obama’s “Organizing For America”.


34 posted on 06/16/2018 8:21:12 AM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: Howie66

The rage is strong in his accusations.


35 posted on 06/16/2018 8:22:26 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: yesthatjallen

What the heck kind of language is this? The IRS should “go after” Trump? Is that what the IRS does goes after people who disagree with leftist policies?

If we didn’t know it before we do now. Our entire government has been weapon-ized against the right and the worst part is we taxpayers pay for it. We are paying the salaries of people who hate us.

Government agencies are “going after” people who they don’t like and the silence coming from Republican leadership is deafening.

Every day I get a little more sick to my stomach.


36 posted on 06/16/2018 8:23:33 AM PDT by The Deplorable Miss Lemon (If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
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To: yesthatjallen

so he was IRS Counsel under Lois Lerner? hahahahahahahaaah

omg hahahhahahahahahaahah


37 posted on 06/16/2018 8:24:52 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: yesthatjallen

Didn’t their parents teach them the story about the boy who cried wolf?

Maybe he didn’t have parents? That could be the problem here.


38 posted on 06/16/2018 8:25:21 AM PDT by crusher2013
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To: Gargantua

No need to be shy, my friend. Feel free to tell us all just how you really feel. :-)


39 posted on 06/16/2018 8:25:44 AM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Rage is all they got.

Trump is making the Democrat Party, and their Big Media pals, look like a bunch’o’bozos. Plus, they have no leader, no policies, and no energy.

So, they’re desperate. Expect more sleazy attacks right up until they get clobbered in November.


40 posted on 06/16/2018 8:26:32 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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