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Old 07-31-2021, 08:51 AM
 
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
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Originally Posted by atltechdude View Post
That’s obvious, it’s why you don’t care if a strongman candidate trashes the Constitution on his way to obtaining or holding power.
They don't care about conservative values, their own party, their own country, their own constitution,
they only care about the Cult leader himself.

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Originally Posted by Blondy View Post
This should get interesting.

The IRS Commissioner is a Trump-friendly appointment.

Will we see the FBI raiding the IRS to seize the returns if he refuses to hand them over?
He will respect the law and court orders. Not everyone is a brain washed cult member that does whatever Trump orders.
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Originally Posted by Ultor View Post
This wasn't a court... it was the partisan DOJ.
No...this goes back to the Supreme Court decision not long ago.


If he did nothing, he has nothing to be afraid of.

 
Old 07-31-2021, 09:38 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Crazee Cat Lady View Post

No...this goes back to the Supreme Court decision not long ago.
LoL! Stick to your cats... the law ain't your thing!
 
Old 07-31-2021, 09:40 AM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Originally Posted by NeutralParty View Post
News just broke moments ago.

Trump must be fuming
Sounds political....
and actually unconstitutional and a violation of privacy.
Congress has no jurisdiction over private people.
 
Old 07-31-2021, 12:01 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Crazee Cat Lady View Post
They don't care about conservative values, their own party, their own country, their own constitution,
they only care about the Cult leader himself.


He will respect the law and court orders. Not everyone is a brain washed cult member that does whatever Trump orders.

No...this goes back to the Supreme Court decision not long ago.


If he did nothing, he has nothing to be afraid of.
Interesting that so far the IRS and Treasury Dept have refused to comment and referred all inquiries back to DOJ.

The IRS Commissioner, Charles Rettig will respect the law as he and the IRS attorneys interpret it.

It's not in the best interest of the IRS to allow themselves to be weaponized for the purpose of harming the current admins enemy. The whole reason he's in the position as a Trump rather than a Biden appointee. He has a 5 year term just like the FBI Director to prevent crap like this.

Taxpayer privacy is one of the holy grails of administering a tax system that relies primarily on voluntary compliance.

He's already on record last time this came up as saying he is the one who would make the decision. He has also defended Trump's right to privacy regarding his tax returns.

In any case, DOJ told them they have to give Trump 72 hours notice so I expect he will go back to court. No one is going to see tax returns any time soon.
 
Old 07-31-2021, 12:21 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Taratova View Post
The DOJ can't look at just anybodies tax returns.. this is not legal. The IRS only has the power to look at Trump's tax returns.. and they have found nada...
Sure they can. In fact, the DOJ has it's own Tax Division. https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-6-1000-policy
 
Old 07-31-2021, 01:46 PM
 
Location: West Virginia
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Originally Posted by ansible90 View Post
IRS has been severely understaffed for years. Audits have been down for a long time.

Years ago they used to say that the IRS was the only government agency that brought in more money then it cost to run the agency. That was mostly from monies they brought in from auditing tax cheats.
You really don’t think Trump would have been moved to the front of the line?
 
Old 07-31-2021, 02:41 PM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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Remember when the democrats pretended to be AGAINST the politicization of the DOJ?
 
Old 07-31-2021, 03:23 PM
 
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Remember when the democrats pretended to be AGAINST the politicization of the DOJ?
It's not political. Your objection to any investigation of all the obvious and numerous ways Trump has broken the law is political.
 
Old 07-31-2021, 03:43 PM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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It's not political. Your objection to any investigation of all the obvious and numerous ways Trump has broken the law is political.
It is political. If the freaking IRS couldn't bring him down on tax law, what makes congress think that they can?

He likely didn't pay a lot of taxes, and the optics don't look good. He also likely used existing tax law to avoid the taxes. But if they can't get him on tax law, they are sure going to get him on the optics.

And that, my friend, is the very definition of "political".
 
Old 07-31-2021, 03:52 PM
 
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What is a House committee of clowns going to find that the professionals at the IRS overlooked?
the same irs that hussein Obama sicked on people he didn't agree with.
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