BREAKING MSNBC: Treasury Dept. will NOT release Idiot's tax returns

[MoonRiver]

[Tripper11]

1. LOCK HIM UP

fuck them all...lock the whole fucking crime crew up.
Tony Soprano had better morals than this crew!

[Beatleman]

18. Yes

He did with a sincere smile

[Gothmog]

2. Here is Munchin's letter

Link to tweet

[gratuitous]

4. Now that's some straight up bullshit right there

The Supreme Court has not held that the Constitution requires that Congressional information demands must reasonably serve a legitimate legislative purpose. Isn't it curious that Mnuchin doesn't cite a case for his claimed Supreme Court holding?

[StarfishSaver]

7. It's also not up to the Executive Branch to define a "legitimate legislative purpose" for Congress

[dalton99a]

9. Exactly.

[dalton99a]

8. What a load of crap.

[Maraya1969]

13. After this there is even more reason to get those returns. Obviously there is something

explosive in them. The citizens of the US deserve to know.

[Takket]

3. Time to place Mnunchin under arrest.

enough of this shit.

Do we have laws or don't we?

Shit or get off the pot, Dems.

Let's go.

[Maraya1969]

11. They had better file contempt of congress crime on Mnuichin and follow it with handcuffs.

[Quixote1818]

12. Yes, enough pussy footing around. nt

[triron]

5. What a surprise NOT.

[BruceWane]

10. Proving legitimate purpose

Proving legitimate legislative purpose is quite easy - do laws governing financial relationships of the president need to be revised in light of the current president's refusal of transparency? Finance has changed a lot since current law was written.

They know they'll lose in court, this is just a stalling tactic.

Mnuchin (and the DOJ) are simply spinning when he says DOJ will soon publish a "legal opinion". DOJ legal opinions are simply legal advice given to the executive branch, they have no actual power in law. So IOW, more BS.

[onenote]

14. Mnuchin's argument fails.

Reading between the lines, the argument being made is that access to Trump's tax returns doesn't serve any legitimate legislative function. Putting aside the point that the courts have indicated that the legislative power is very broad and that deference will generally be given to Congress' own conclusions as to what is relevant to the conduct of its legislative functions, Mnuchin essentially concedes at the end of the letter that Congress has a legitimate role to play in legislating with respect to presidential tax returns. By drawing a distinction between individual tax returns and more general information, Mnuchin essentially guts the statutory provision in question since one could always argue that whatever Congress is doing doesn't require it to see individual tax returns. And the reality is that Congress isn't necessarily only considering Trump's returns -- those are the only returns it doesn't have access to -- it can consider other recent tax returns of Presidents because those are public documents (which also suggests that the privacy interest isn't as strong as Mnuchin claims).

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Start impeaching the whole administration for failing to obey US law.

[UniteFightBack]

16. They need to make an example out of somebody and this little turd would do nicely. nt

[Scurrilous]

17. ...

[Golden Raisin]

19. We need a brave whistle-blower/leaker inside IRS.

Otherwise this will drag on interminably.

[demmiblue]

20. ...

[Mr. Ected]

21. China, if you're listening....

[MoonRiver]

22. ...

[rdking647]

23. if mnuchin wont follow the law why should anyone else?

send the capitol police to arrest him. lock him up somewhere imto; he releases them.

ot else the rule of law has no meaning anymore