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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts) Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:20 PM Dec 2018

Key players in new fight over Trump tax returns

House Democrats see getting President Trump’s tax returns as one of their top oversight priorities — and they are bracing for a fight in the new year.

Trump is the first president in decades who hasn’t made his tax returns public.

Democrats want to review Trump’s returns in order to get more information about any potential conflicts of interest.

The federal tax code provides that the Treasury secretary “shall furnish” any tax returns requested by a chairman of a congressional tax committee, so long as the panel reviews the returns in a closed session. The committee could then vote to issue a report that makes some or all of the return public.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/domestic-taxes/423025-key-players-in-new-fight-over-trump-tax-returns?userid=229233

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Key players in new fight over Trump tax returns (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 OP

Auntie Maxine will get this ball rolling asap. apcalc Dec 2018 #1

Yes indeed. The committee will release them to the public in full, likely accompanied by... FreepFryer Dec 2018 #3

DO IT, Marvelous Maxine! DO IT!!! calimary Dec 2018 #10

Therefore there should be NO reason they dont get them INSTANTLY and NO REASON Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #2

The Democratic committees will win this battle. And trump will be shown... FreepFryer Dec 2018 #4

This should be easy at140 Dec 2018 #5

I read today that the IRS is claiming that a dead Aretha owes them millions malaise Dec 2018 #6

Make Trump's and Pence's tax records public Just a Weirdo Dec 2018 #7

I'd love it if Waters does that. But this will get held up in court. Also, if the House wins, ancianita Dec 2018 #11

I will be interested newblewtoo Dec 2018 #8

this will go a lot better and faster, all this will, if the dem party and left stop ignoring certainot Dec 2018 #9

That's why OUR voices need to be heard, too! calimary Dec 2018 #12

I expect Trump will order Mnuchin to ignore the request Zorro Dec 2018 #13

apcalc

(4,465 posts)

1. Auntie Maxine will get this ball rolling asap.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:22 PM

Dec 2018

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

3. Yes indeed. The committee will release them to the public in full, likely accompanied by...

Reply to apcalc (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:28 PM

Dec 2018

A damning interpretive report.

calimary

(81,304 posts)

10. DO IT, Marvelous Maxine! DO IT!!!

Reply to apcalc (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:05 PM

Dec 2018

DO it.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

2. Therefore there should be NO reason they dont get them INSTANTLY and NO REASON

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:23 PM

Dec 2018

ultimately they dont turn them over to us, or AT LEAST summarize them to us.

The ONLY way that does NOT happen is if rump and the GOP violate the law and stop it somehow.

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

4. The Democratic committees will win this battle. And trump will be shown...

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:29 PM

Dec 2018

...to have been deeply susceptible to financial coercion.

at140

(6,110 posts)

5. This should be easy

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:41 PM

Dec 2018

Just pass a veto proof bill that presidents and vp's are required to publish their tax records.

malaise

(269,033 posts)

6. I read today that the IRS is claiming that a dead Aretha owes them millions

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:43 PM

Dec 2018

They'd better deal with the Con.

Just a Weirdo

(488 posts)

7. Make Trump's and Pence's tax records public

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 04:06 PM

Dec 2018

The minute it goes public, Trump will have no choice but to resign as well as Pence.

ancianita

(36,063 posts)

11. I'd love it if Waters does that. But this will get held up in court. Also, if the House wins,

Reply to Just a Weirdo (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:10 PM

Dec 2018

SCOTUS still might stipulate the use Waters makes of 45's returns.

So it might not be allowed to go public. But it could convince enough Repubs to vote for impeachment and call for 45's resignation.

If the returns don't change Repubs' minds, they might somehow get leaked.

Then what. More legal or political hell for Democrats to pay?

It's going to get pretty tense.

newblewtoo

(667 posts)

8. I will be interested

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 05:00 PM

Dec 2018

to see if this happens and how it plays out but at this point I am not holding my breath. I really suspect it is another of Trump's distracting techniques.

certainot

(9,090 posts)

9. this will go a lot better and faster, all this will, if the dem party and left stop ignoring

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 05:16 PM

Dec 2018

trump's reason for being there - talk radio

calimary

(81,304 posts)

12. That's why OUR voices need to be heard, too!

Reply to certainot (Reply #9)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:11 PM

Dec 2018

Get thee to thy local Indivisible group in the new year! They urge meeting with your reps, where you’re literally in their faces and that have to take note of your priorities (your “asks”) and pass your message on up their food chain. That is, if it’s a staffer and not the representative him/herself. Doesn’t matter. Do it ANYWAY. and then immediately plan out the next meeting in the next month. And on.

Zorro

(15,740 posts)

13. I expect Trump will order Mnuchin to ignore the request

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:13 PM

Dec 2018

and dare the House Dems to do something about it.

You can expect the same response to other subpoenas from House committees.

Trump's goal is Putin's goal: create disgust and distrust of the government, which correlates to the Republican Party's goal of diminishing the role of government in addressing important national issues.

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