Justice Dept. issues memo backing Mnuchin’s refusal to give Trump’s tax returns to Congress

[Care4all]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

If they all had jumped off a bridge, should he?

Well I am sure that is exactly how President Trump views showing his own taxes... even worse than jumping off a bridge!

wonder why?

He's told so many lies about them, God only knows what's in them!

He sure is costing us tax payers a bundle of money with all of these law suits that end up taking place because of him not wanting to follow regulations and laws and protocols, that all other Presidents and administrations had to abide by... and keeping our justice department busy with him and his self centered ego instead of other crimes and criminals .... imo.

It’s also unprecedented that a non politician became President.

He's been a Wanna Be Politician for years, how many times has he run for president and been contemplating over the decades? And also on the dirty end of paying politicians off, for years....

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

If they all had jumped off a bridge, should he?

Well I am sure that is exactly how President Trump views showing his own taxes... even worse than jumping off a bridge!

wonder why?

He's told so many lies about them, God only knows what's in them!

He sure is costing us tax payers a bundle of money with all of these law suits that end up taking place because of him not wanting to follow regulations and laws and protocols, that all other Presidents and administrations had to abide by... and keeping our justice department busy with him and his self centered ego instead of other crimes and criminals .... imo.

It’s also unprecedented that a non politician became President.

He's been a Wanna Be Politician for years, how many times has he run for president and been contemplating over the decades? And also on the dirty end of paying politicians off, for years....

He never held public office before. Howard Stern has political aspirations too, is he a politician? Your reasoning is very flawed.

 

[peach174]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

It's not unprecedented candidates did not routinely release tax information until 1976.
FDR did not release his and he owned stocks in companies doing business with Nazi Germany according to estate records.
In this case it's a witch hunt for Trump.

 

[NoVote]

 

[Care4all]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

It's not unprecedented candidates did not routinely release tax information until 1976.
FDR did not release his and he owned stocks in companies doing business with Nazi Germany according to estate records.
In this case it's a witch hunt for Trump.

Why did Trump LIE TO ALL OF US, and tell us he would release them once the IRS was done with their audit?

Can you explain that....?

 

[NoVote]

Everything is a lie to you.

 

[Cellblock2429]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

/——/ Actually more didn’t than did. Nixon was the first and he was the 37th POTUS.

 

[Cellblock2429]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

It's not unprecedented candidates did not routinely release tax information until 1976.
FDR did not release his and he owned stocks in companies doing business with Nazi Germany according to estate records.
In this case it's a witch hunt for Trump.

Why did Trump LIE TO ALL OF US, and tell us he would release them once the IRS was done with their audit?

Can you explain that....?

/—-/ Because he’s always under audit, Dummy. Trump plays you libtards like a fiddle.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

What is 'unprecedented' is requiring a private citizen to hand over private and confidential information prior to holding the job on the basis of a political whim. Voluntary disclosure is fine, but a legal requirement for it is out of bounds. Regardless of the party.

Congress legislates. Congress has oversight on the OFFICE of the President. ONLY the office of the President.

They do NOT have oversight on private citizens.

What is unprecedented is the hysteria to remove a president from office before he is even sworn in. What is unprecedented is a hoax Russian collusion story as insurance to impeach the President. What is unprecedented is the democrat hysteria.

 

[The Purge]

The provisions in 26 U.S.C. S: 6103 protecting confidentiality of tax returns prohibited the Department of the Treasury from complying with a request by the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for the President's tax returns. The text of section 6103(f), the statutory exception under which the request was made, does not require the Committee to state any purpose for its request. But Congress could not constitutionally confer upon the Committee the right to compel the Executive Branch to disclose confidential information without a legitimate legislative purpose. 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.



Because section 6103(a) prohibited the disclosure of the tax returns sought in the Chairman's request, as well as in the corresponding subpoenas, the Department of the Treasury's refusal to provide the information did not violate either 26 U.S.C. S: 7214(a)(3) or 2 U.S.C. S: 192.

(Excerpt) Read more at justice.gov ...

Well that's just a honky dory lie... because the returns for the committee are already under law, kept within the congressional committee, private, and not released to the public....

You never heard of Congressional leaks...and apparently you are not cognizant that all they want to do with Trumps taxes is to go after people he did business with...you commie scum don't just want him impeached, you want to ruin his businesses also....too bad there are no vigilantes anymore!

 

[Defiant1]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

It's not unprecedented candidates did not routinely release tax information until 1976.
FDR did not release his and he owned stocks in companies doing business with Nazi Germany according to estate records.
In this case it's a witch hunt for Trump.

Why did Trump LIE TO ALL OF US, and tell us he would release them once the IRS was done with their audit?

Can you explain that....?

Revealing tax returns is a campaign issue.
Since you weren't going to vote for him anyway, he didn't "lie" to you.
I don't want him to ever release his tax returns.
I don't any Republican candidate to release his tax returns.
Releasing tax returns is only pandering to liberals. I don't vote for liberal candidates.

 

[Care4all]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

It's not unprecedented candidates did not routinely release tax information until 1976.
FDR did not release his and he owned stocks in companies doing business with Nazi Germany according to estate records.
In this case it's a witch hunt for Trump.

Why did Trump LIE TO ALL OF US, and tell us he would release them once the IRS was done with their audit?

Can you explain that....?

Revealing tax returns is a campaign issue.
Since you weren't going to vote for him anyway, he didn't "lie" to you.
I don't want him to ever release his tax returns.
I don't any Republican candidate to release his tax returns.
Releasing tax returns is only pandering to liberals. I don't vote for liberal candidates.

so, Republicans are crooks and you want to hide it, eh?

btw, it was a Republican, that started the voluntary practice.

 

[Defiant1]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

It's not unprecedented candidates did not routinely release tax information until 1976.
FDR did not release his and he owned stocks in companies doing business with Nazi Germany according to estate records.
In this case it's a witch hunt for Trump.

Why did Trump LIE TO ALL OF US, and tell us he would release them once the IRS was done with their audit?

Can you explain that....?

Revealing tax returns is a campaign issue.
Since you weren't going to vote for him anyway, he didn't "lie" to you.
I don't want him to ever release his tax returns.
I don't any Republican candidate to release his tax returns.
Releasing tax returns is only pandering to liberals. I don't vote for liberal candidates.

so, Republicans are crooks and you want to hide it, eh?

btw, it was a Republican, that started the voluntary practice.

How are they crooks?
They have submitted their returns to the IRS, per law.

Do you think the scum dems know more than the IRS?
You do know candidates have to file financial disclosures that are far more revealing than tax returns.

 

[Camp]

DoJ stopped being credible and viable when Barr became boss over there.

 

[WTH_Progs?]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

Shit Timmy, you going to cry?

Your party has nothing substantial to criticize Trump for, so they pull stupidity from their collective ass, and make shit up as they go. What you figure your people would gain by Trump releasing his tax returns? Tax returns that are none of your business.

 

[peach174]

It’s “unprecedented “ because prior presidents released their taxes .

It's not unprecedented candidates did not routinely release tax information until 1976.
FDR did not release his and he owned stocks in companies doing business with Nazi Germany according to estate records.
In this case it's a witch hunt for Trump.

Why did Trump LIE TO ALL OF US, and tell us he would release them once the IRS was done with their audit?

Can you explain that....?

I did.
It's a witch hunt and nobody's business.

 

[peach174]

DoJ stopped being credible and viable when Barr became boss over there.

That's what they want you to think.

 

[Camp]

DoJ stopped being credible and viable when Barr became boss over there.

That's what they want you to think.

I have seen him in action with my own eyes.

 

[peach174]

We will see when the next report comes out.
I think you will find out that the FBI has egg on their faces.

 

[Dan Stubbs]

The Justice Department on Friday released its legal rationale for refusing to provide President Trump’s tax returns to Congress, arguing that House Democrats want to make the documents public, which “is not a legitimate legislative purpose.”

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin refused to hand the documents over early last month, writing in a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) that the committee’s demand was “unprecedented” and could “have lasting consequences for all taxpayers.” After getting legal advice from the Justice Department, Mnuchin said he had determined the request should be refused.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...

The DOJ and others are standing on firm ground. Congress does not have the right to issue any writ for informations that has nothing to do with a Law that they are working on. They have not law that requires the paper work they want, therefore they are out of order on the request. This why they are working on incresing there legal reach and in to the court system where they have no business being.