I’m sure the Republican led Senate thoroughly vetted this man before rubber stamping him.
Did anyone say the United States of Third World Banana Republic?
Sounds like he has a conflict of interest and should recuse himself from this matter.
I’m getting the feeling you are not giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Lawyers, money and … well, just lawyers and money.
Trump lackey announces position favorable to Trump; film at 11. We should be so used to this story by now; Trump only hires those who will suck up to him.
Convoluted corruption, is, nevertheless, corruption.
If we do not come to terms with that, we, as a nation, will suffer the effects of that corruption…as surely (and maybe more so) as those effects from a simpler kind.
What doubt?
Every time I read William Nelson’s name, I think NOT WILLIE!! I mean, I know he’s had some IRS issues in the past but to switch teams?!? Then I realize it’s just another Trumper.
“That request — issued under an obscure Roaring Twenties-era law that empowers the heads of three Congressional committees to request the tax returns of any filer…”
This is a ridiculous sentence.
The law is not obscure.
It’s like saying Treason is obscure - simply because very few are evil, brazen, or stupid enough to attempt such actions.
The fact that Congress would use such a law shows how egregious the corrupt act is.
And finally, the law was enacted for this type of situation SPECIFICALLY (Teapot Dome Scandal).
Yes, and let’s not forget how the Roaring Twenties ended…
So, when trump claims to be the most transparent president in the history of transparency …
And when he demands any sort of record from a democrat…
Omg, the most corrupt “administration” continues apace. They really have covered all the bases, haven’t they? Someone with a brain is working for the Biggest Dolt. I’m guessing Emmett Flood is behind most of this.
In Colorado, the GOP legislature is making people read bills out loud to stall for time - 2,000 page bills. This is reviving a law from over 100 years ago. No problem until the Democrats do it.
Sounds like Counsel Desmond would be a material witness in any House Ways and Means Committee tax compliance investigation of Trump and so should recuse himself immediately from this matter. Problem solved.
“That request — issued under an obscure Roaring Twenties-era law…”
Obscure? Have you read a newspaper lately?
And is this obscure Roaring Twenties law still in effect? Has it been used since Stanley Steamer went under?
Truly worthy of the Associated Press.
Good luck with that 
For the curious among us:
“Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request . . .” 26 US Code §6103 (f)(1)
Of course Mnuchin will now embark on a lengthy discourse on the meaning of “shall” and conclude that in this instance it means “if he feels like it” because reasons.