At the beginning of this piece I feared that Neal was not cooperating in seeking the returns. But he is, apparently, and doing it carefully, which is the only right way. So while it’s nice to have other Democrats join in, it’s also not much of a story when they do.
On what grounds can Mnuchin refuse? Is it even up to him? I thought this was a kind of clerical request which can’t be denied.
He can’t, and this is second TPM article in a row with this.
Mnuchin will refuse bc he’s a penis, and he’ll just hope he runs into enough federalist judges who will agree with him.
I wonder if Mnuchin is familiar with the history of Watergate? He’s being set up to obstruct justice. He should think about resigning before he receives the request and before the proverbial sh*t hits the fan. I don’t think there’s much upside to continuing as Sec of Treas.
Of course, President Trump has nothing to hide,so he’s inclined to produce these immediately.
But he refuses to give in to Presidential Harassment, and so must, in all due respect, decline … and fight to the death to keep them secret.
It IS nice…and the sheer number of everything coming at Trump is what will get him out of Office.
Mnuchin thinks his money and connections will protect him like they have all his adult life.
He is arrogant enough to think he is above the law, just like Trump does, because he HAS gotten away with flaunting it all his life up to this point.
I would like to see Mnuchin’s tax returns too! (AND Wilbur Ross’)
Mnuchin isn’t a penis, he’s a dick.
They’ll likely argue over the Constitutionality of the law in some way. And can drag it out through the courts for quite a while (somehow I don’t think the President will be requesting this one to be fast-tracked to the top) doing that.
Should be a slam-dunk for Congress… But with the Supremes, you just never know…
Is Trump shoveling all the bull shit he creates every day?
Please let’s have some action on this RIGHT AROUND April 15.
However, I want them to take their time, do it right and not fall into any traps that will enable REPUGS to rally around. I want the truth but I do not want to give The Nation away to get at it.
It’s not the technicality of corrupted judges. It’s the nth power of charges…coupled with exposes of the corrupt GOP.
And a lot (not all) of this is coming within the next 6-8 months
Yup. But they’ll be trying to run the clock on everything, throwing up crappy legal arguments to delay clear oversight powers. They’ve got November 2020 as their target to delay, delay, delay. It’s going to be a tough and nasty fight.
And a great campaign for Donald Trump to show how despotic and corrupt he is…because that’s his only play.
He will try to delay this because he is a dickhead. The law is quite explicit.
26 U.S. Code § 6103 gives the Chairman of Ways and Means the authority to see any return.
So the argument will be that the law is unconstitutional. And they’ll pick the lowest and slowest Federal Judge they can find to drag the case out as long as possible, and check that block at every level of appeals.
I think Neal is being TOO CAREFUL and/or not going about it the right way. What he needs to do is hold a hearing where he lays the grounds for the demand. (and its a demand, Mnuchin is required the law says “shall” to turn them over). This said, I think the Cohen hearing set the stage, as it will lead to other committees sending requests (in writing) to Neal for the returns.