I think that this timetable will get sped up, but I agree with it.
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Is it wrong that at several points today, Iāve had visions of Al Capone in a meeting of the Trump administration ā¦ with a baseball bat?
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[quote=ānemo, post:18, topic:86676ā]8 In April 2020, at the earliest, the SC decides 5-4 that the IRS must comply. not provide President Trumpās tax returns as those are protected under the First Amendment. However, they note the extraordinary circumstances in this situation, and opine that this ruling should not be seen as precedent-setting for any future Presidents.
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FIFY
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Well, that move needs to be a subpoena, forthwith. With a short production timeline. Then when itās defied, head straight to court. Time is ticking. The Democrats cannot be seen as castrated, or in fear of the courts. Let John Roberts decide if the rule of law prevails in this country or not.
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Probably take another 3 months to write another 2-page letter.
I thought the last election was supposed to matter. You know, where the Democrats got subpoena power.
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This is standard for gut-less Republican Authoritarians with no spine.
OTOH they will not comply with any request from the Democrats. OTOH they lack the courage to out right refuse (because they know they will be breaking the law) so they come up with weasel words like āthe Treasury Department will not be able to complete its review of your request by that dateā and āgiven the seriousness of the issuesā¦we have begun consultations with the Department of Justice to ensure that our response is fully consistent with the law and the Constitution.ā
This is the same Bravo Sierra that the Bush Administration pulled to avoid following the law. One columnist joked that Georgie Porgy really was the āEducation Presidentā because every time they were required to do something they did not want to the answer was the same: We are still studying it.
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I think your timeline is off. If the Democrats were to follow it, they will lose the House and the White House. The time for action is now. I think Pelosi knows that.
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The President of the United States should be held to a higher standard of honesty, character, and fiscal transparency than your average taxpayer.
He is the leader of a representative democracy not a mob boss to be surrounded by a phalanx of dissembling lawyers guarding him with the vagaries of bianery guilt or innocence.
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Someone needs to remind him of that. Drop him a note, a simple Post-it ona Forbes magazine might cover it.
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What makes you think she knows (or believes) this?
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I would say time for a subpoena, but its doubtful that Mnuchin or Rettig would follow that either. It might be time to send the Houseās Sergeant at Arms to the IRS to demand the records directly.
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Well, she moved a teensy-weensy itsy-bitsy closer to impeachment today:
My view is that impeachment is very divisive in the country, and when we see what we need to see it may be imperative that he be impeached. But up until then, heās not worth it,ā Pelosi said.
Teensy-weensy itsy-bitsy.
He ādeclinesā to meet the deadline. Yeah, thatās what heās doing.
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This isnāt even coherent.
āWhen we see what we need to seeā then āit may be imperativeā?
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Good effing lord. If heās anything, heās the porn star president. h/t Mayor Pete
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Like I said āteensy-weensy itsy-bitsy.ā 
Maybe one of her owners large campaign donors said something to her.
Optics matterā¦and for anyone not a Trumper this says āI am scared of my tax returns being released. I have something to hideā.
It also says, āI am not obligated to obey law(s)ā
This is a rarity for a presidentā¦and in the scope of disobedience, unprecedented.
Unprecedented.
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The committeeās request raises serious issues concerningā¦ the legitimacy of the asserted legislative purposeā¦
Um, not up to you to decide that.
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Any lawyers know if there are criminal penalties for this refusal?
Can he and the chain of command below him be locked up until it is produced?
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