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turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 03:03 PM Jun 2019

'Stinking rich' Steve Mnuchin should be fined $25K a day until he hands over Trump's taxes: Dem lawm

Published 3 hours ago on June 11, 2019

By Brad Reed

A Democratic lawmaker told CNN’s Poppy Harlow on Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is going to have to hand over President Donald Trump’s federal tax returns or else face crushing fines.

During a CNN interview, Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) outlined steps that House Democrats can take to force Mnuchin’s hand and make him obey a clearly written law that says he shall furnish Trump’s taxes upon request.

“Secretary Mnuchin’s own internal lawyers found he had absolutely no discretion to refuse what is clearly stated in the law, and that is to turn over the tax returns once they have been requested by the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee,” Boyle said. “We have the ability to fine, I believe, upwards of $25,000 a day civilly. I think we should do that.”

Boyle was more hesitant when Harlow asked him if jailing Mnuchin was on the table, but he said that massive fines should be more than enough to send a message.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/stinking-rich-steve-mnuchin-should-be-fined-25k-a-day-until-he-hands-over-trumps-taxes-dem-lawmaker/


LOCK Mnuchin up.................................

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Eyeball_Kid

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7. Perhaps a court will order payment from some of Mnuchin's accounts, and a bank would have to comply?
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 03:49 PM
Jun 2019

lame54

(35,293 posts)
4. It's not the fine that gets these ultra rich guys - it's...
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 03:45 PM
Jun 2019

If the fine was donated to a specific cause like the NAACP, migrant families, women's causes etc...

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
5. 25k a day, retroactive to the date in which he failed to obey the subpoena.
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 03:48 PM
Jun 2019

Don't give that asshole a break of any kind.

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