Trump's Fourth Amendment rights being violated

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Originally Posted by kevinm

That law only applies when crafting new legislation. What bill is being created that needs a single individual's tax return for research?

Wrong.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump...b01b34503a5309

Back in 2013, Republicans thought the Internal Revenue Service under President Barack Obama was mistreating conservative groups that wanted to be recognized as tax-exempt nonprofits. So they asked the IRS to hand over tax information for conservative groups such as Crossroads GPS as well as a few liberal groups such as Priorities USA.

They used the same law from 1924 that Democrats are using now.

In 2014, after getting the documents on the groups they requested, plus tax info relating to several dozen other organizations, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee made it all public. They believed it showed that an IRS official named Lois Lerner had unfairly plotted to deny tax-exempt status to Crossroads GPS and other conservative groups. The committee included the documents as an attachment to a letter asking the Justice Department to prosecute Lerner. During a closed-door hearing, the committee’s Republicans voted to make the letter public.

The Justice Department declined to prosecute Lerner, and it ultimately turned out that the IRS had improperly picked on both conservative and liberal organizations.

[RcHydro]

Originally Posted by r small

I've heard that a subpoena for long time Trump family accountant Allen Weisselberg is in the works. What all does this guy know? It will be interesting to find out.

I just find it funny. He's been stating for a while now he has nothing to hide. But seems to be increasingly angry that people will find out about his finances, and what hes been hiding. There's something to be revealed there he doesnt want the public to see.

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Originally Posted by whogo

Congress demanding Trump's tax returns seems a gross violation of the Fourth Amendment. What justification is there to demand Trump's returns?

Current law probably doesn't support it, but it should be mandatory for every Presidential candidate.

Want to stay a private citizen and say "none of your business?" Easy - don't run for President. That's how it should be.