Trump, sons sue to block House Democrats from obtaining his financial records

CNN ^ | Apr. 22, 2019 | Jeremy Herb and Lauren Fox,

[ridesthemiles]

This is an IRS territory issue.

NOT the purview of Congress.

IF they wish to pick up that sword, they better realize it has 2 sharp sides.

[SisterK]

Secondly, convince that judge how those alleged and suspected crimes affects legislative decisions and thus have standing in the case.

Boom! No standing

[Baladas]

Sure, the Mueller investigation was exactly that, a witch hunts based on idiotic allegations. So?

Rudy says “hi”.

[ichabod1]

Nixon was the last one accused of weaponizing the IRS; and the DoJ to boot in those days I suppose. Probably been being done for a hundred years, right from the beginning.

[ichabod1]

The FBI have turned being mistaken into a crime.

[upchuck]

"Clinton Cash" was made into a movie. Available at Netflix and other places, including youtube.

[gleeaikin]

Why is it OK for us to see the IRS records of all our recent presidents except the current one?

[damper99]

Go present your evidence that a crime has been committed to a federal judge in order to obtain a search warrant for those records.

There are plenty of federal judges ready to grant the request. They really aren't judges, just democrat hacks occupying the positions for times like these.

[Engedi]

This concerns me, all Dems have to do is Judge shop and get a friendly Judge who rules they have to turn over the records.

[pigsmith]

Why is it OK for us to see the IRS records of all our recent presidents except the current one?

There’s no law requiring any of them to release their tax returns. It’s sort of like an early form of “virtue signaling” that was started (I’m not sure, too lazy to search) by Nixon.

[Eleutheria5]

We have probable cause of wrongdoing, because we kept accusing him of wrongdoing, and we wouldn’t do that unless he was guilty. Mueller failed to find him guilty of anything, so now it’s up to us. Hand me that casting reel.