Trump's tax returns already in Democrats' crosshairs as they take the House
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Hijinx
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IMO with the election over-------Trump should fire Sessions tomorrow---or even today.
The military is in the constitution. Commerce and State Dept. can stay home and play golf.
I'll give you the VA. I would tend to lump that in with DOD.
Seriously What is the OBSESSION With Trumps Tax Returns[/QUOTE]
If there is nothing to hide, then the president should release them. It's been done by every presidential nominee since Richard Nixon. If Nixon can release his tax returns, then so can this president.
Even at the local government level, officials have to file financial disclosure forms to show any possible financial conflicts of interest in their political dealings.
Releasing Trump's tax returns is not an attack or an affront to him, but he draws suspicions to himself because he refuses to release them.
If there is nothing to hide, then the president should release them. It's been done by every presidential nominee since Richard Nixon. If Nixon can release his tax returns, then so can this president.
Even at the local government level, officials have to file financial disclosure forms to show any possible financial conflicts of interest in their political dealings.
Releasing Trump's tax returns is not an attack or an affront to him, but he draws suspicions to himself because he refuses to release them.
Post yours on the internet somewhere .... or live in a glass house, after all you have NOTHING to hide .... YOU have no RIGHT to Donald Trump's Tax Returns ... the is no FEDERAL Law Compelling Release therein
in YOUR mind .... past performance of other politicians is by no means a rule of thumb ANYONE has to follow
Chris0nllyn
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It's called "committee access" and has been around since the 20's (but not used very much)
Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee (or Senate Finance Committee, Joint Committee on Taxation) can request the tax returns. No actions happens in Congress as that request goes straight to the IRS (specifically, Mnuchin, the Treasury Sec.).
From there (here's where the "not used very much" part comes in), it's sort of unknown as committee access has never actually been in front of a judge so it's likely Trump uses the full Justice Dept. to fight the request from the House.
If the House wins, his tax returns would almost certainly see the light of day. There are privacy protections, but whomever ends up with his returns could simply make up a legislative purpose (i.e. possible conflicts of interest) and make them available to the full House (or Senate). From there you can almost guarantee they end up online.
https://taxprof.typepad.com/files/154tn1013-yin.pdf
This_person
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No concerns with that, but probably still fund the DoJ.
This_person
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Commerce and State are in there, too. VA is a separate dept. It needs to be funded.
This_person
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Trump filed those same forms. Because others have done it does not mean Trump (or Clinton, or Biden, or Pence, or anyone else) should do it. Because others have done it is not justifying why it should be done.
This_person
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Again, I get that the law exists, but "make up a purpose" is exactly what I would oppose. Any reasonable person would oppose such a thing. I would oppose that for Clinton had she been elected, for THAT purpose.
BOP
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It might go more easily for you if you'd stop trying to write off time on the forums as "business- related."
Oops... gotta go!
Neal declared his intentions back in October, Newsweek reports, and claimed then that he could use an obscure 1924 provision in the United States tax code, that allows the Ways and Means Committee to view any American's tax returns upon request, to obtain Trump's records straight from the IRS (though he'd prefer it if the President simply complied with his wishes).
"I think we would all be comfortable if this was done on a voluntary basis," Neal said. "If they would resist the overture then I think you could probably see a long and grinding court case."
It's not clear what Neal hopes to learn from Trump's tax returns, but the President hasn't exactly been willing to turn over his financial information, either, perhaps leading Democrats to suspect he's hiding valuable information on how his finances and his position as President intertwine. During the 2016 campaign, Trump broke with tradition and did not disclose details of his or his corporation's finances, claiming that he and his company were under audit by the IRS.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/38078/not-even-24-hours-democrats-say-theyll-demand-emily-zanotti
"I think we would all be comfortable if this was done on a voluntary basis," Neal said. "If they would resist the overture then I think you could probably see a long and grinding court case."
It's not clear what Neal hopes to learn from Trump's tax returns, but the President hasn't exactly been willing to turn over his financial information, either, perhaps leading Democrats to suspect he's hiding valuable information on how his finances and his position as President intertwine. During the 2016 campaign, Trump broke with tradition and did not disclose details of his or his corporation's finances, claiming that he and his company were under audit by the IRS.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/38078/not-even-24-hours-democrats-say-theyll-demand-emily-zanotti
This_person
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That would be the HUGE win for liberals - all of the arguing that Obama could resolve the issue of his birth by producing a birth certificate would be argued as hypocrisy while people tout that the president has no need to produce his taxes.
Nevermind that being a born citizen of the United States is a requirement for being president, the "optics" would be horrible for him to be fighting their release in court.
This, of course (even coming from the Daily Wire), is demonstrably false. Not releasing tax records is not even close to the same thing as "not disclos[ing] details of his or his corporation's finances".
black dog
Free America
Checks and Balances, they are back in place.
Exactly. Trump files the required financial disclosure every year.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/05/17/10-things-we-learned-from-trumps-financial-disclosure-report/#69fc6e969157
black dog
Free America
It goes under Vegas Convention 2018....
This_person
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"Checks and balances" refer to the various authorities of the various branches of government. They have nothing to do with the parties.
And, by the way, until the states are represented in the Federal government again, via repealing the 17th amendment, there are no state checks on federal authority outside of constitutional amendments, so I would strongly argue they are not back in place.