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(Politico) President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he won't voluntarily release his tax returns to congressional Democrats, setting up a showdown with lawmakers who have set a deadline of Wednesday for the IRS to turn over the elusive financial documents.
Talking with reporters before leaving the White House, Trump again claimed that hes under audit, a familiar refrain dating back to his presidential campaign, and argued that his returns werent a concern to voters whod already elected him without seeing them.
There is no law. As you know, I got elected last time with the same issue, and while I'm under audit, I won't do it, he said, claiming that was the chief holdup. If I'm not under audit I would do it, I have no problem with it. Under audit I wouldn't give my taxes.
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Vinca
(50,278 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)There IS a law, and this ass ferret piece of shit President is subject to it just like any other citizen or there is NO LAW. The IRS head and Treasury Secretary should be immediately jailed for contempt of Congress and held in prison until such time as they produce the required documents.
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deminks
(11,014 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
Issued on: April 10, 2019
South Lawn
9:28 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: The economy is doing very, very well. We have numbers coming from companies that are beyond expectation. The tax cuts are working very, very well. So were very proud of the economy. Job numbers are as good as weve ever had, and more people are working right now than ever worked in our country before. Were doing really well.
Id like to congratulate Bibi Netanyahu. It looks like that race has been won by him. It may be a little early, but Im hearing hes won it and won it in good fashion. So, hes been a great ally and hes a friend. Id like to congratulate him. That was a well fought-out race, I can tell you. But it looks like Bibi has won that race.
Go ahead, Steve.
Q Are you going to release the Middle East Peace Plan now?
THE PRESIDENT: Say it?
Q Are you going to release the Middle East Peace Plan now?
THE PRESIDENT: So, the fact that Bibi won, I think well see some pretty good action in terms of peace. Look, everyone said and I never made it a promise but everybody said you cant have peace in the Middle East with Israel and the Palestinians. I think we have a chance. And I think we have, now, a better chance with Bibi having won.
Yes, please. Major.
Q Mr. President, have you been briefed on the
THE PRESIDENT: Hold it. Major.
Q Do you believe (inaudible) law requires you to give Congress your tax returns?
THE PRESIDENT: No, there is no law. As you know, I got elected last time with this same issue. And while Im under audit, I wont do it. If Im not under audit, I would do it. I had no problem with it. But while Im under audit, I would not give my taxes. Theres no law whatsoever.
Now, I will say this: I would love to give them, but Im not going to do it while Im under audit. Its very simple. Remember, I got elected last time the same exact issue, with same intensity, which wasnt very much because, frankly, the people dont care.
What I have done is approximately a 104-page summary and, really, in great detail of assets and values. And nobody wants to go over that because its so good. I built a great company, one of the best companies. I have some of the greatest assets in the world. I did a good job. And now, frankly, I dont care about them; I only care about the United States.
But I have no obligation to do that while Im under audit. And no lawyer would tell you to release your tax returns while youre under audit.
Q Do you want to see a binary choice for asylum seekers?
THE PRESIDENT: I think that the whole asylum rules, laws, and regulations have been taken advantage of by people that are very bad people, in many cases. These are the people running the cartels. Theyre gaming the system; they have been for years. The only difference is our economy is now so strong that more people come up.
We have done a great job at the border with bad laws. Its very important that the Democrats in Congress change these loopholes. If they dont change them, were just going to be fighting.
Now, the other thing: Weve built a lot of wall. A lot of wall. And its new wall. You know, when we rip down an old wall and then replace it, its called a new wall. And thats what weve done. A lot of wall is going up. And every place we build the wall, its less and less.
But the power of the economy, its like a magnet; its bringing more people than weve seen in a long time.
Major.
Q Mr. President, what is your current thinking on releasing as much of the Mueller Report as possible? The Attorney General yesterday said (inaudible). Do you agree with that?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, the Mueller Report is interesting. After $35 million, with 13 increased to 18 angry Democrats people that truly hated Donald Trump, truly hated Trump they found no collusion whatsoever with Russia. But I could have told you that and so could most people. And so could have everybody that voted for me, which was a lot of people.
So after wasting all of this money and all of this time with people that were haters people that worked on the Hillary Clinton Foundation, people that were absolutely haters of Trump they found no collusion.
What has been found during this period of time are the illegal acts of getting this whole phony investigation started. And hopefully thats where people are going now. Thats where people are going.
And its very interesting. It was an illegal investigation. Major, it was an illegal investigation. It was started illegally. Everything about it was crooked every single thing about it. There were dirty cops. These were bad people. If you look at McCabe and Comey, and you look at Lisa and Peter Strzok, these were bad people.
And this was a an attempted coup. This was an attempted takedown of a President. And we beat them. We beat them.
So the Mueller Report, when they talk about obstruction, we fight back. And do you know why we fight back? Because I knew how illegal this whole thing was. It was a scam. And what Im most interested in
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Excuse me. What Im most interested in is getting started.
Hopefully, the Attorney General he mentioned it yesterday hes doing a great job getting started on going back to the origins of exactly where this all started, because this was an illegal witch hunt and everybody knew it, and they knew it too. And they got caught.
And what they did was treason. What they did was terrible. What they did was against our Constitution and everything we stand for.
So hopefully that will happen. There is a hunger for that to happen in this country like I have never seen before, including all of the millions of people that voted for me.
What they did was disgraceful. Theres never been anything like it in the history of our country.
Q Mr. President, Senate Republicans have concerns about Herman Cain. Is his nomination safe?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I like Herman Cain. And Herman will make that determination. Herman is a wonderful man. Hes been a supporter of mine for a long time. He actually ran a very good campaign. And thats up to Herman.
Herman is you know, hes already sat on one the Fed boards, and hes just somebody I like a lot. As to how hes doing in the process, that I dont know. You go through a process. But Herman is a great guy, and I hope he does well.
Q Mr. President, since Stephen Miller is already, basically, running your Homeland Security apparatus, have you ever thought about making Stephen Miller the DHS Secretary?
THE PRESIDENT: No, Stephen is an excellent guy. Hes a wonderful person. People dont know him. Hes a wonderful been with me from the beginning. Hes a brilliant man. And, frankly, theres only one person thats running it. You know who that is? Its me.
Q Mr. President, has anyone in this White House been briefed on the Mueller report, or have you seen it?
THE PRESIDENT: I have not seen the Mueller report. I have not read the Mueller report. I won. No collusion. No obstruction. I won. Everybody knows I won. And the pros knew it was illegally started. The whole thing was illegal.
I have not read the Mueller report. I havent seen the Mueller report. As far as Im concerned, I dont care about the Mueller report. Ive been totally exonerated. No collusion. No obstruction.
And Im off to dealing with China. Im off to dealing with North Korea. Im off to dealing with Venezuela and all the problems in this world. Im not worrying about something that never, ever shouldve taken place.
Q Did you see what happened to Candace Owens yesterday?
THE PRESIDENT: I did not see what happened. I did not see what happened to Candace Owens.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Excuse me. I did not see what happened to Candace Owens.
Q Congressman Ted Lieu played a little snip of audio and accused her of being a Hitler supporter, and then she slapped back at him.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think thats a terrible thing. I think thats a terrible thing that he would do that. I find her to be a very I know her. I think shes a fine person, a fine young woman, and I think thats disgraceful that they could say that.
Q The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Southern District has spoken to Hope Hicks, Keith Schiller, and others in their investigations. Any response to that?
THE PRESIDENT: I dont hear you.
Q The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Southern District has spoken to Keith Schiller, Hope Hicks
THE PRESIDENT: I have no idea.
Q Mr. President, what are your thoughts on Kris Kobach for DHS? Is he a leading contender for you?
THE PRESIDENT: I respect him. I like him. And hes somebody that, you know, I have a lot of regard for.
Q SDNY, Mr. President SDNY (inaudible) into your finances up in New York. Are you concerned about that investigation?
THE PRESIDENT: My finances are very clean. I dont think there is an investigation. If you say it, I dont know. But I dont think there is an investigation. My finances are very clean.
Q Mr. President, will Kevin be your nominee for DHS Secretary permanently?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I like him a lot. Hes doing a very good job. It could happen. Well make a determination.
Q Are you looking at others like Rick Perry or Matt Whitaker?
THE PRESIDENT: We have others, but right now hes the man. Hes doing a great job.
Q Kevin?
THE PRESIDENT: Kevin.
Thank you. See you in Texas.
END
9:39 A.M. EDT
Roland99
(53,342 posts)nolabear
(41,986 posts)The man is incredible at saying words that are so snot-slippery we have no idea if he knows jack about the subject. He spouts phrases that are built on talking points, not only have no facts but no relationship to the actual question, and leave open any route to whatever he wants to do or claim later.
Its gaslighting in both text and subtext. Im
Damned if I can figure out how much he understands and how much is just defensive reflex.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)He has no say in this.
And the claim that voters knew about his tax issue and elected him anyway is
NULLIFIED by the 2018 election of a Democratic House to provide oversight of him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shanti
(21,675 posts)Isn't this in the works?
All they need to do is go after his state returns.
Problem solved.
manor321
(3,344 posts)Why is the press so stupid?
duforsure
(11,885 posts)UTUSN
(70,708 posts)(Anybody, please feel free to disregard my personal, off topic reaction!1 )
Takket
(21,577 posts)The request is from Congress to the IRS. Drumpf is not needed.