Trump tax returns can be released to Congress, DOJ says
Source: CNBC
The income tax returns of former President Donald Trump can be released by the IRS to Congress, the Department of Justice said Friday.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/30/trump-tax-returns-can-be-released-to-congress-doj-says.html
hlthe2b
(102,105 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)Champp
(2,114 posts)former9thward
(31,925 posts)Eighteen years worth. The DOJ could just tell Congress to pick up a paper.
I post a link to the AP because the NYT has a paywall for me.
https://apnews.com/article/ruth-bader-ginsburg-courts-donald-trump-7e1d23d1e381ae3e0be6cb293338c05e
PSPS
(13,577 posts)former9thward
(31,925 posts)So 1999 to 2017 which would include his first year of his term.
maxsolomon
(33,232 posts)Not the detailed returns.
I could be wrong.
UnderThisLaw
(318 posts)I was told here that leaking tax returns was a violation of federal law. We all hope the times got these legally, right? I cant handle all this contradictory info
I also hope your statement about Congress picking up a papEr was kidding
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215680769
former9thward
(31,925 posts)And yes the Times got them because someone broke the law. That has never stopped a paper from running a story.
UnderThisLaw
(318 posts)Read a paper when you can access the source documents?
PS
I presume theres an investigation into this illegal release of info
former9thward
(31,925 posts)You would wait a year or more to get the "source" document when you can pick up a paper and get 99% of the relevant information for an investigation? Bizarre to say the least.
UnderThisLaw
(318 posts)Assumes facts not in evidence? Who says 99% of the relevant info is in the paper?
summer_in_TX
(2,703 posts)leaked documents.
Wouldn't documents from the Treasury Department have a higher presumed level of credibility whether or not the NYT's documents were identical?
Only by seeing the Treasury Department's documents would the NYT's be authoritatively verified, even though I'm quite sure they went through a process to verify them.
Are those NYT's docs part of what Mary Trump gave them?
pnwmom
(108,953 posts)IV.
For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the Secretary must comply with the Ways and Means Committees June 16, 2021 request pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6103(f)(1) to furnish the Committee with the specified tax returns and related tax information.
DAWN JOHNSEN
Acting Assistant Attorney General Office of Legal Counsel
Pinback
(12,151 posts)ancianita
(35,926 posts)dalton99a
(81,386 posts)Response to Dr. Jack (Original post)
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SergeStorms
(19,143 posts)That will go down in history as the loooooooooongest tax audit in IRS history.
If course MF45 didn't do anything wrong, so he has nothing to worry about.
ancianita
(35,926 posts)OMGWTF
(3,938 posts)calimary
(81,085 posts)If youve done nothing wrong, why are you hiding them and fighting so hard to keep them secret?
I remember seeing that somewhere else, not long ago, asked of him by somebody else: what are you afraid of?
Maybe thats the question he needs to be asked again and again and again and again, by voice, I print, on the air, on cable, online. What are you afraid of?
Ask it enough, make sure it comes up a LOT, and pretty soon the subliminal messaging is - hes afraid! AFRAID! And it can more easily sink into the public mindset: donald is afraid
And how does THAT work for your Mr. Invincible image, donald? The last thing he wants is for a mantle of fearfulness settling in a n his shoulders and taking up permanent residence. Oooooh, look! Hes afraid! Hes scared! Hes knocked off his game. That image hes so carefully cultivated over the years, all-powerful, owns this/owns that/owns everything, master of his domain (so to speak- I was discussing Seinfeld in another thread just now
). And there goes his image. Fittingly enough, with bright yellow hair. To match the yellow going all the way down his back.
Cough em up, donald. Lets see what youre hiding. We already have our suspicions, as it as.
Justice matters.
(6,915 posts)riversedge
(70,047 posts)Picaro
(1,513 posts)Which is it? The distinction is very important to the meaning and impact of the story.
Must means that this is a court order that must be complied with.
Can means that the DOJ has waived off the assertion off the spurious claims of executive privilege, but has not ordered the release.
Would love a clarification.
PSPS
(13,577 posts)Trump's hand-picked toady Rettig is still heading the IRS. He'll probably try to ignore/fight this too.
twodogsbarking
(9,664 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,640 posts)No whining, Donald.
After all, you did promise to release them.
.
As if your word means anything.
.
(He will whine.)
GB_RN
(2,322 posts)Was made was not in any way ambiguous, and said that the Secretary of the Treasury shall comply, so I dont know why this is even controversial. Nor do I (yes I do 🙄 ) understand why its taken so long, nor had to go through all of this BS.
gab13by13
(21,234 posts)was just on Ari Melber and stated that MF45 can't delay turning over the taxes. She stated that the executive branch has control of the taxes and must turn them over to Congress.
I assume she is correct because I expected a drawn out fight but she said the taxes could be delivered tonight.
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