Discussion: Mnuchin To Congress: I'll Obey The Law, But That Doesn't Mean You'll Get Trump's Returns

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Mnuchin To Congress: I'll Obey The Law, But That Doesn't Mean You'll Get Trump's Returns Mnuchin To Congress: I'll Obey The Law, But That Doesn't Mean You'll Get Trump's Returns Back to article
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Congress would’ve gotten better answers today if it had used a Magic 8 Ball

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“I have said that I will comply with the law, I have not made a comment one way or another whether we will supply the tax returns,” Mnuchin said.

And that, kids, is what we call prevarication.

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So mooch hasn’t hit bottom yet.

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Well, I guess it depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is, right?

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I thought that the Treasury Secretary didn’t have a say in the matter.

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Stalin would have dearly loved to have such loyal sycophants working for him. Instead he got a bunch of disloyal fucks that he kept having to execute.

Trump should be so proud of himself.

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Legally and constitutionally, they don’t.

However this is the Trump Administration where all things are done for an audience of ONE. Cheeto Mussolini.

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“Mnuchin said he’d try his best to obey the law…”

He’ll “try his best to obey the law”?

Um…no.

That’s not how it works.

(Even if he did have a say in this – which he doesn’t.)

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We will out live Mr Trump’s presidency, Mr. Mnuchin; then we will come for you. Get yourself ready for court.

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“Earlier in the hearing, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) asked Mnuchin if he thought he would be fired if he supplied Congress with Trump’s returns and IRS work papers related to them, as requested.”

“I’m not afraid of being fired at all,” Mnuchin, who is worth roughly $300 million, replied.

so, he’s just being a good little soldier, k.

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Isn’t ‘mooch’ Scaramucci?

Shouldn’t it be ‘mnunch’ for Mnuchin, or ‘chin’.

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Why don’t they just demand the returns from the Commissioner of the IRS, who has the authority, and bypass “Mumbles” Mnuchin completely?

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They did. He and the WH have just gone ahead and inserted themselves, uninvited, into the process.

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The statute says that requests from Congress are to be directed to the Secretary.

The statute also does not give the Secretary much room to negotiate – nevertheless, one awaits Mnuchin’s next move eagerly.

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I think of him a Munchkin.

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Rep. Neal sent his requesting letter to Charles P. Rettig, Commission, Internal Revenue Service. Mnuchin is involved because the relevant statute says the Secretary, i.e. the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, shall furnish the House committee with the return information it requested.

@cervantes @castor_troy I didn’t read far enough down thread before posting.

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Thanks to you and castor_troy, am checking those stories now.

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Not often a lawyer gets an opportunity to file an old school, old timey petition for mandamus. Most lawyers can go a whole career without doing it. Many might not even be aware it’s still a thing, except possibly in appellate practice. Just a thing we had to learn about in order to understand Marbury v. Madison.

But somebody will be filing one soon and then we get to see whether it gets assigned to some tendentious bad faith Trump appointee or a real judge.

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There can’t be more than one mooch? Aren’t they all?

But I understand you distinction, even if we don’t agree.

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