Sparks fly at budget hearing as Mnuchin grilled about Trump tax returns

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday denied he was breaking the law by refusing to turn over President Donald Trump's tax returns and took aim at a Democratic lawmaker who has continued to press for the documents.

"I find it offensive that you're telling me that I'm breaking the law and staggering lies," Mnuchin said during a hearing held by the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on the Trump administration's fiscal 2021 budget request.

The exchange came after over a year of legal battles between the panel and the Trump administration over the Republican president's tax returns.

Mnuchin told the committee that he was relying on legal counsel and that the issue would be decided by the courts, not Congress.

https://news.yahoo.com/sparks-fly-budget-hearing-mnuchin-201623613.html

Whose counsel? Giuliani?

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1. Representative Bill Pascrell, New Jersey Democrat was great! Here's the video!

Pascrell said a member of Mnuchin's staff member accused the lawmaker of being "intemperate" when he submitted written questions about reports that Mnuchin had provided private tax information about former Vice President Joe Biden to two Senate Republicans.

"Being lectured on civility from someone who works for the president - President Trump - is like taking chivalry lessons from Jack the Ripper," Pascrell said. "It is impossible to be polite to corruption and people who break the law."

The U.S. Justice Department in June said Mnuchin did not violate the law by refusing to provide Trump's tax returns to Congress because the confidentiality of returns is protected under the law.

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal had issued a subpoena demanding the administration turn over six years of Trump's returns.

https://news.yahoo.com/sparks-fly-budget-hearing-mnuchin-201623613.html

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2. But turning over the most sensitive and protected financial info

from a private citizen (Hunter Biden), to the Retrumplican Senate is done in the blink of an eye.

Hey Congress!!! This shit is going to go on until you surprise Mnuchin at the hearing by having the Sargent At Arms show up, slap him in cuffs and throw him in a House broom closet.

60% of Americans would cheer from the rafters to see some of these fucksticks in handcuffs, and you'd send the message you're done playing silly games.

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3. I forgot that Mnuchin..

turned over Biden's tax returns...God, I've already forgotten so much.

Pascrell said a member of Mnuchin's staff accused the lawmaker of being "intemperate" when he submitted written questions about reports that Mnuchin had provided private tax information about former Vice President Joe Biden to two Senate Republicans.
"Being lectured on civility from someone who works for the president - President Trump - is like taking chivalry lessons from Jack the Ripper," Pascrell said. "It is impossible to be polite to corruption and people who break the law."