Breaking: Richard Neal sends letter to IRS demanding rump's tax returns from 2013-2018

[mobeau69]

CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/03/politics/trump-tax-returns-house-democrats-request/index.html?adkey=bn


NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/politics/mueller-report-subpoena-house.html

[blogslut]

1. Ooh. Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee

The Committee has jurisdiction over all taxation, tariffs, and other revenue-raising measures...

https://waysandmeans.house.gov/about/jurisdiction-and-rules

[manor321]

2. IT'S ON BABY!!!

[mobeau69]

3. Simple matter of law. The commissioner must comply.

[mobeau69]

4. No subpoena required. Law's been on the books for over 100 years.

WH doesn't have a leg to stand on. This is a major development!

[NewJeffCT]

9. Mnuchin has said he will block the request

at least he has in the past.

[mobeau69]

10. CNN just showed him at confirmation saying he would "follow the law".

[NewJeffCT]

15. that is meaningless to Team Trump

the laws are for the little people

[Blecht]

5. It's about fucking time (nt)

[whopis01]

6. When they are revealed

It will show that Trump made little to no money over those years, and has little personal wealth.

His supporters will claim triumph and crow about how smart he is to structure his money in ways to avoid taxes.

[lindysalsagal]

20. Wellllll, maybe not. They identify with him because they imagine he's a "winner." If he's a loser, t

that could melt away with all the rest of the crap that's being exposed, and with his threats to the border and the economy and trade.

[whopis01]

27. I would not count on it.

The spin will be the taxes are just his personal income - not what he really owns and controls thanks to all his businesses, and he was an incredibly stable genius who figured out how to limit the evil gubment from taking his hard earned dollars.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick

[NewJeffCT]

8. personal and business returns

I believe

[dalton99a]

11. Yep

[mobeau69]

13. Good work! Thanks.

[mobeau69]

12. Trump just responded to reporter that he's under audit.

Audit Schmodit. He seemed a little stunned.

[NewJeffCT]

16. I guess that's all he's programmed to say

about tax returns

[mobeau69]

17. I'm sure there's a meeting in the Oval Office right about now.

[rurallib]

23. Hope Giuliani is there - he gives me confidence

that they will fuck this one up royally

[mobeau69]

26. Bahahahaha!

[Farmer-Rick]

18. "Stunned" is being nice.

He looks and sounds crazy.

[llmart]

21. His excuses are like a broken record.

No one believes he's been under audit for all this time. He's so predictable when it comes to the crap he spews.

[blueseas]

14. Thank you!

[berni_mccoy]

19. That's my Rep!

[Fritz Walter]

22. Hey, cadet bone spurs!

Orange you worried about what’s contained in those returns?

Twitter meltdown in three... two... one...

[rurallib]

24. Presidential Harassment! Oringes! Covfefe!

The Adderal will be taking a beating tonight!

[AllaN01Bear]

25. ive been waiting for this for 3 years . and the post has the nerver to demand bernies taxes .

as one poster said , bring it on.

[moondust]

28. Also asking IRS

if Donny has indeed been audited as he has repeatedly claimed and used as an excuse for not releasing his returns, according to Rep. Dan Kildee on All In.

[mobeau69]

29. IRS is required by law to audit the presidents returns. That's the premise of Neal's inquiry;

to see if the IRS is following the guidelines. Munchkin's responsibility.

[moondust]

31. He wasn't pResident before 2017.

Throughout the campaign he claimed they were under audit so he couldn't release them. Hopefully we'll find out if he was lying all that time.

[mobeau69]

32. Good point.

Neal is being careful. Slow and methodical. We aren't gonna see anything soon if at all.

[Doodley]

30. Trump has already agreed he will release his tax returns - before the election.

[MadDAsHell]

33. Why "demand"? This doesn't have to be confrontational, all he has to do is ask.

And the IRS grants the request. Simple.