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Trump, sons sue to block House Democrats from obtaining his financial records
CNN ^ | Apr. 22, 2019 | Jeremy Herb and Lauren Fox,

Posted on 04/22/2019 9:04:04 AM PDT by Innovative

President Donald Trump is going to court to try to block a Democratically-controlled congressional committee from obtaining his financial records through a subpoena. The lawsuit is the first case where Trump has sued to try to stymie House Democrats' investigations into the President. But the court filing is only the first skirmish in what's likely to be a multi-front war between House Democrats and Trump, the White House and the President's businesses.

Trump and the Trump Organization filed suit Monday to stop the House Oversight Committee -- chaired by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland -- from obtaining financial records from Mazars, an accounting firm that Trump used to prepare financial statements. The committee subpoenaed for 10 years' worth of Trump's financial records after the firm requested a so-called "friendly subpoena."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; jamescomey; lisapage; peterstrzok; records; robertmueller; trump
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To: greymattr

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.


41 posted on 04/22/2019 11:17:45 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: USCG SimTech
Secondly, convince that judge how those alleged and suspected crimes affects legislative decisions and thus have standing in the case.

Boom! No standing

43 posted on 04/22/2019 11:28:52 AM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: greymattr

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

Rudy says “hi”.


44 posted on 04/22/2019 1:44:13 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: trebb

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.


45 posted on 04/22/2019 3:36:45 PM PDT by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)
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To: pepsionice

The FBI have turned being mistaken into a crime.


46 posted on 04/22/2019 3:38:29 PM PDT by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)
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To: know.your.why; All
"Clinton Cash" was made into a movie. Available at Netflix and other places, including youtube.
47 posted on 04/22/2019 4:09:42 PM PDT by upchuck ("Bloggers" is the most abused forum on FR. Most posts made there should be in chat.)
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To: Innovative; All

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


48 posted on 04/22/2019 4:45:27 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: USCG SimTech
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.

49 posted on 04/22/2019 5:36:29 PM PDT by damper99 (pu)
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To: Innovative

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.


50 posted on 04/22/2019 6:46:33 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: gleeaikin
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.

51 posted on 04/23/2019 7:27:47 AM PDT by pigsmith (Liberals can't make the connection between their politics and the decline of everything around them.)
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To: Innovative

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.


52 posted on 04/23/2019 7:36:31 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use forceto defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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