The dam is breaking: House Ways and Means can review tfg's Taxes

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/09/trump-taxes-records-appeals-court/
No paywall - https://archive.ph/wip/a7lZX

A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that House Democrats are entitled to review Donald Trump’s tax returns for 2015 to 2020, rejecting several legal arguments by the former president, who has sought for years to keep his financial records private.

The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was a victory for the House Ways and Means Committee, whose chairman, Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), first requested in 2019 that the Internal Revenue Service turn over copies of Trump’s tax returns to the committee. The Treasury Department initially declined, and the issue has been tied up in litigation ever since.

The former president has a week to appeal the panel’s ruling, including asking the full appellate court to hear the case, before the judgment takes effect. Trump’s attorney Cameron T. Norris, who is handling the appeal, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) applauded the decision, calling it “an important victory for the rule of law.”

Link to tweet

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
Breaking: The D.C. Court of Appeals has just said the House Ways and Means Committee can obtain Trump's tax returns from the IRS.
11:50 AM · Aug 9, 2022

[FBaggins]

1. Assuming SCOTUS declines to hear the case and we retain the House

Otherwise - the new Ways and Means says "no thanks... we don't need them any longer"

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2. SCOTUS has already ruled against tfg re taxes in 2021.

We may never see the tax returns publicly, but there's no reason for SCOTUS to rule differently in the case of House Ways and Means, if they ever see an appeal at all.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-tax-returns-scotus-2-22-20/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/22/politics/supreme-court-trump-taxes-vance/index.html

The Supreme Court cleared the way for a New York prosecutor to obtain former President Donald Trump's tax returns, dealing a massive loss to Trump who has fiercely fought to shield his financial papers from prosecutors.

The documents will be subject to grand jury secrecy rules that restrict their public release.

The ruling is a bitter loss for Trump, even if the tax records are shielded from public disclosure, after he consistently argued that the subpoena issued by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance was overbroad and issued in bad faith.

Link to tweet

Mary Pat Flynn @MaryPatFlynn1
Replying to @kylegriffin1
REMINDER: No statute of limitations on TAX EVASION⚖️

There’s a reason @WaysMeansCmte requested DTTM Operations LLC tax returns...same tax returns @ManhattanDA @NewYorkStateAG @TishJames already have, and for which @Trump Org has already been INDICTED re: 15 year tax fraud scheme

Mary Pat Flynn @MaryPatFlynn1 · Mar 25, 2021
Replying to @SenWhitehouse
REMINDER: Donald J. Trump aka “Individual 1” held a worldwide trademark portfolio worth “billions” in the name of Donald J. Trump, an individual, a US citizen until DTTM (Donald Trump ™️s) Operations LLC was formed in Delaware (doesn’t tax IP/™️ royalties/license fees) on 1/15/16
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12:10 PM · Aug 9, 2022

Bolding mine. Al Capone, anyone?

[FBaggins]

3. I doubt the issues are the same

I haven't read this ruling, but if the issues were the same, the DC Circuit wouldn't have written a full ruling. They would have just said "see the SCOTUS case".

SCOTUS doesn't have to change their ruling. They could pause the implementation of this one and wait until next year to uphold it.

[crickets]

4. SCOTUS can do a lot of things. We'll see. nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. found the 33 page ruling ...

21-5289

[ Edited to make the link work ]