Test of DOJ opinion justifying refusal to provide tax returns (TPM)
By Josh Kovensky
June 14, 2019 5:03 pm
... “Under the facts and circumstances, the Secretary of the Treasury reasonably and correctly concluded that the Committee’s asserted interest in reviewing the Internal Revenue Service’s audits of presidential returns was pretextual and that its true aim was to make the President’s tax returns public, which is not a legitimate legislative purpose,” reads an introduction to the opinion, written by Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel ...
As head of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, Neal is the only Democrat in Congress empowered to demand that the Treasury Secretary provide him with the tax returns of any filer.
He tailored the April 3 request for success in an eventual court battle. That lawsuit has not yet been filed ...
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Not once has he ever given a second thought to what's good for this country - as has been said, it's all about him, which he proves over and over every single day. His malfeasance will someday fill volumes, yet we may never know it all. 
