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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf TFG thinks he can declassify anything. Shouldn't Biden be able to declassify TFG's tax returns?
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If TFG thinks he can declassify anything. Shouldn't Biden be able to declassify TFG's tax returns? (Original Post)
LiberalFighter
Aug 2022
OP
they aren't classified per se, they are protected under privacy law.....
getagrip_already
Aug 2022
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brooklynite
(94,792 posts)1. Witty, but doesn't work.
Tax returns are statutorily protected, and absent political precedent, you have no legal right to see them.
LiberalFighter
(51,170 posts)4. I figured that. But are Trumpers aware?
It would likely throw them off.
getagrip_already
(14,891 posts)2. they aren't classified per se, they are protected under privacy law.....
But the congress has a statutory right to them. Which is what chumps lawyers are challenging unsuccessfully, but it's a long road if you have unlimited funds to delay.
Wounded Bear
(58,737 posts)3. Biden won't break the rules to force that...
Jilly_in_VA
(10,016 posts)6. We know that
but the Slobfather doesn't.....
tirebiter
(2,539 posts)5. Apples and oranges