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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Jul 2, 2019, 12:52 PM Jul 2019

House Democrats sue Trump administration over president's tax returns

Source: Washington Post

House Democrats filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration seeking access to President Trump’s tax returns.

Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, filed the lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department after months of feuding with the Trump administration over the returns.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, who have denied Democrats’ demands for the returns, are named as defendants.

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Mnuchin in May rejected a subpoena issued by Democrats on the committee. That rejection pushed Neal to seek a court battle that legal experts say might go all the way to the Supreme Court, given the central questions it poses about the scope of Congress’s ability to oversee the White House.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-democrats-sue-trump-administration-over-presidents-tax-returns/ar-AADKnlb?li=BBnb7Kz

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House Democrats sue Trump administration over president's tax returns (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2019 OP
Anyone care to bet on how quickly his returns are released? I'm betting years, if ever. Hoyt Jul 2019 #1
Not holding my breath! I think Mnuchin will just ignore any court ruling against him. 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2019 #2
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Anyone care to bet on how quickly his returns are released? I'm betting years, if ever.
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 12:56 PM
Jul 2019

Even if they are, it's not going to tell us much. It's not like there is a Schedule that lists payments to, or from, Putin, etc.

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