• Mnuchin rejects Democrats’ demand to hand over Trump’s tax returns
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/05/06/mnuchin-says-he-wont-give-trumps-tax-returns-to-congress-all-but-ensuring-a-court-battle/?tidr=a_breakingnews
ok fine, guess you'll get thrown in jail too along with the rest of them
I have my doubts there’s going to be any significant jail time for anyone. It’s kind of funny really. You can be arrested for contempt of court if you don’t show up but not contempt of Congress.
I wish I could so flagrantly break the law and get away with it like the party of LAW AND ORDER do
Yeah, you can, under inherent contempt. They can order the Sergeant at Arms to go get you along with ordering the Capital Police to assist them in doing so, drag you back to Congress, bring you to the floor, read the charges, and then jail you just like that.
Really wish they would have written "House of Representatives" instead of Democrats. Would make this a lot more serious sounding.
It's time for Pelosi and the other house Dems to realize Trump is no average politician, and that the GOP is no longer just the opposition. You can't play softball with them.
Pelosi doesn't seem to want to put her food down in fears of Trump winning a 2nd term. Which what she is currently doing (or lack thereof) is almost guaranteeing that Trump gets a 2nd term.
So was it just a congressional request or did they subpoena the tax returns? AFAIK there's a difference in the legality of handing them over depending on so.
it says "the treasury secretary shall provide", not "The treasury secretary shall judge congress's intent then decide" the president can with very little limits, order the treasure secretary to hand over the tax information of any individual on file since the treasury secretary is under the executive branch, congress granted itself the same power.
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