DOJ: Trump tax documents must go to Congress

[Oddball]

I'm leery of precedent. But if Trump's individual returns are relevant in criminal trials .... let the games begin.

If you have no probable cause before demanding the records, you are on a fishing expedition to find a crime.

How very Soviet of you.

 

[colfax_m]

So, Biden said Trump must turn them over?

You should know that the IRS is an executive agency and has possession of Trump's tax returns.

It'd help if you read the first line of the OP.

The Treasury Department must turn over copies of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel ruled on Friday.

 

[colfax_m]

If you have no probable cause before demanding the records, you are on a fishing expedition to find a crime.

Trump didn't have any problem turning over Hunter Biden's records to Congress as part of a fishing expedition.

 

[The Breeze]

Well, it only took a few years - but finally...

Please, please hold your breath until that happens.

 

[Lakhota]

All the news today sounds bad for Trump. Really bad...

 

[Whodatsaywhodat.]

All the news today sounds bad for Trump. Really bad...

Yea, you got him this time.... bunch of dickheads.

 

[BluesLegend]

YAWN, just saying.

 

[Oddball]

All the news today sounds bad for Trump. Really bad...

But a good day for Stasi-esque fascist scum.

 

[Missourian]

"The walls are closing in..."

 

[Lakhota]

"The walls are closing in..."

Yes they are. Pandora's box is now wide open according to Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe.

 

[OKTexas]

The Treasury Department must turn over copies of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel ruled on Friday.

The 39-page opinion, signed by OLC acting Assistant Attorney General Dawn Johnsen, finds that the executive branch “must give due weight to Congress’s status as a co-equal branch of government” and must “apply a presumption that Legislative Branch officials act in good faith and in furtherance of legitimate objectives.”

The House Ways and Means Committee, the opinion stated, “has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former President’s tax information” and the Treasury Department “must furnish the information to the Committee.

Congress Can Get Donald Trump's Tax Returns, Justice Department Rules

The Treasury Department must turn over the former president's tax returns to a congressional committee, according to the legal opinion.

www.huffpost.com

Great news! What do you think?

I think the bitch lives in an alternate reality. The fucking commies in congress haven't acted in "good faith" with anything related to Trump since the day he announced his candidacy. They will leak the information as they have always done, even though it's illegal to do so.

.

 

[OKTexas]

Yes they are. Pandora's box is now wide open according to Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe.

Is he a tax attorney?

.

 

[Lakhota]

Trump's tax documents should have been turned over to Congress in 2018 - when they were first legally requested.

 

[lennypartiv]

Now they can use Trump's tax returns to impeach him.

 

[Lakhota]

Now they can use Trump's tax returns to impeach him.

They will certainly impeach his future political aspirations.

 

[The Banker]

The Treasury Department must turn over copies of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel ruled on Friday.

The 39-page opinion, signed by OLC acting Assistant Attorney General Dawn Johnsen, finds that the executive branch “must give due weight to Congress’s status as a co-equal branch of government” and must “apply a presumption that Legislative Branch officials act in good faith and in furtherance of legitimate objectives.”

The House Ways and Means Committee, the opinion stated, “has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former President’s tax information” and the Treasury Department “must furnish the information to the Committee.

Congress Can Get Donald Trump's Tax Returns, Justice Department Rules

The Treasury Department must turn over the former president's tax returns to a congressional committee, according to the legal opinion.

www.huffpost.com

Great news! What do you think?

Trump is fucked.
The truth will come out, and we will all see that Trump is a crook.

there is a reason Trump is hiding the truth, because there is bad news in those tax returns.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Who said "Biden" said it? Not me...

Who runs the justice department?

 

[ThisIsMe]

Its illegal, there are rules to be followed in regards to obtaining tax records of a president and they are not being followed here

Also, has the house officially charged trump with anything? What is the "just cause" for the request? Simply wanting to look at them to find a crime is not just cause.

In general, though, the request is not lawful.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Trump is fucked.
The truth will come out, and we will all see that Trump is a crook.

there is a reason Trump is hiding the truth, because there is bad news in those tax returns.

What bad news will they find that the IRS wouldn't have already uncovered? I'm sure trumps taxes are scrutinized fairly regularly. There's nothing in there that the government doesn't already know about.

 

[Clipper]

What are democrats so scared of ? Must destroy Trump at all costs . Anything and everything goes.

If Trump's old man didn't set up his idiot offspring in business Trump would have ended up being a second story man. The guy was born with larceny running thru his veins from the time he took his first breath.