Posted on 05/22/2019 10:12:09 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has no choice but to honor congressional requests for President Trump’s tax returns unless he invokes executive privilege to protect them, according to a draft legal memo written by agency staff members.
The memo appears to undercut the reasoning offered by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who has refused to comply with Democrats’ requests because they lack a “legitimate legislative purpose.” Mr. Mnuchin said he made his decision after consulting with lawyers from the Treasury Department, the I.R.S. and the Justice Department.
But the I.R.S. memo says the Treasury secretary does not have the authority to deny tax-writing committees’ requests for taxpayer returns.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Dem staffers are already sharpening their pencils an printing subpoena forms.
LINK: Mnuchin Dismisses I.R.S. Memo Saying Treasury Must Release Trump Tax Returns
Somebody in the IRS thought there was a federal law forcing the IRS to submit the tax returns of anybody when congress demands it (including me and you). If so, that law needs to be amended in my opinion.
I wonder if we want the courts telling congress it can't enforce a law (again).
he Internal Revenue Service has no choice but to honor congressional requests for President Trump’s tax returns unless he invokes executive privilege to protect them, according to a draft legal memo written by agency staff members.
Let’s see who those bright legal scholars are. Name them. Publicly. Then pull up all the Facebook posts, Instagrams, Snapchats, voting history, and lets not forget about their emails, text messages, phone records. Dig deep. Really deep.
Until some of these people are hanging from a lamp post on Pennsylvania Ave, this will never end.
I don’t see how tax returns could be protected by executive privilege.
“...according to a draft legal memo written by agency staff members....”
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“agency staff members” = DEEP STATE attorneys/operatives.
The key word here is “draft.” This is a DNC-manufactured incident to grab a headline. It lacks all substance. It’s the Rat Pack trying to give their lunatic base a straw to grasp as their entire 2-year hoax sinks like the Titanic.
Tax returns should be protected period - unless a judge issues a warrant in connection with a criminal case.
Congress scum have no more right to Trump’s returns than he has a right to see all of theirs.
I am so fed up with this. The only thing, the ONLY thing, that is going to make these maggots back off and crawl back under their rocks (or back into their closets) is fear.
Because memos ALWAYS supersede actual laws. Failing that, simply do what the dems do. Ignore. Repeat as needed. And I mean IGNORE!
A "draft" is an internal opinion memo, not an established intepretation. It would be interesting to know when this draft was written, how seriously it was taken at the time, and by whom it was written (as in long-term Obama sympathizer or appointee), and what the position of the writer was (e.g., a junior staffer).
If the draft never made it to the level of agency policy, and was never acted on, the policy is whatever the current high-level people say it is.
Mr President ORDER the Treasury Department to conduct an Inquiry into these disturbing facts.
Mr President,
How do Members of CONgress become so Wealthy after serving just a few short years????
26 USC 6103(g), the same law Schiff is using
g) Disclosure to President and certain other persons
(1) In generalUpon written request by the President, signed by him personally, the Secretary shall furnish to the President, or to such employee or employees of the White House Office as the President may designate by name in such request, a return or return information with respect to any taxpayer named in such request. Any such request shall state—
(A) the name and address of the taxpayer whose return or return information is to be disclosed,
(B) the kind of return or return information which is to be disclosed,
(C) the taxable period or periods covered by such return or return information, and
(D) the specific reason why the inspection or disclosure is requested.
“I don’t see how tax returns could be protected by executive privilege.”
The Fraud’s handlers protected EVERYTHING about him, by his very first illegal Executive Order.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13489
Hmm, why isn’t President Trump also protected by the Fraud’s illegal edict?
The IRS isn't an independent body. They have bosses in the Treasury Department.
The Dems have the conviction part figured out, they just to determine a crime and maybe some evidence. I guess that’s the new justice system....
How about this: Release the tax returns on the condition that Maxine Waters has read them and explain what she sees.
I don’t see how tax returns could be protected by executive privilege.
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Would his personal medical records, held by his personal physicians, be covered by executive privilege if Congressional ‘RATS subpoenaed them? What about personal emails or texts produced in the past and held by non-governmental service providers? What about the records of credit card companies whose cards Trump has used in the past? What about his account records held by his various banks? What about his passport records? I could go on and on. What are the limits of Congressional ‘RAT powers?
Foxy Loxy is the main antagonist of the 1943 animated short Chicken Little. His motive is to simply eat all of the birds living within the gated farm yard. This sneaky character uses his Psychology book and his own manipulative abilities to lure the chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks into his cave, where they would meet their inevitable doom.
+1
Shiver me timbers!! A draft memo written by some people.
Since when is some bureaucrat memo considered law?
“Some people wrote something”
There are no limits as long as they have partisan judges to enforce their wishes. In the end, everything the dems subpoena will be enforced by these judges.
There are no limits as long as they have partisan judges to enforce their wishes. In the end, everything the dems subpoena will be enforced by these judges.
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