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    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 20 19:07:55 2022
    After years of fighting to get Trumps tax returns because they claimed they need to see them to review how the IRS handles audits of a president.....

    The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday voted to release six years of former President Trump’s tax returns.

    and that was really why they wanted 'em. They lied to the court.

    But hey...I have a bridge to sell you too...

    Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) defended the move, insisting that “This is not about being punitive. This is not about being malicious.”

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Dec 21 09:33:28 2022
    On 12/20/22 9:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    After years of fighting to get Trumps tax returns because they claimed they need to see them to review how the IRS handles audits of a president.....

    https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144472882/a-house-panel-voted-to-publicly-release-a-report-on-trumps-tax-returns

    "The IRS did not audit Trump during his presidency's first 2 years,
    Democrats say"

    Typically gutless to add "Democrats say" to a statement of fact.

    "The Committee expected that these mandatory audits were being conducted promptly and in accordance with IRS policies," Committee Chairman Rep.
    Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement. "However, our review found
    that under the prior administration, the program was dormant. We know
    now, the first mandatory audit was opened two years into his presidency.
    On the same day this Committee requested his returns."

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 21 08:49:41 2022
    On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 7:33:30 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/20/22 9:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    After years of fighting to get Trumps tax returns because they claimed they need to see them to review how the IRS handles audits of a president.....
    https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144472882/a-house-panel-voted-to-publicly-release-a-report-on-trumps-tax-returns

    "The IRS did not audit Trump during his presidency's first 2 years,
    Democrats say"

    Typically gutless to add "Democrats say" to a statement of fact.

    "The Committee expected that these mandatory audits were being conducted promptly and in accordance with IRS policies," Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement. "However, our review found
    that under the prior administration, the program was dormant. We know
    now, the first mandatory audit was opened two years into his presidency.
    On the same day this Committee requested his returns."

    and this has what to do with releasing his returns?
    Nothing. Congress can go after the IRS just like they
    should be on the ass of the FBI....but they're do busy politiking.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Dec 21 14:23:44 2022
    On 12/21/22 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 7:33:30 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/20/22 9:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    After years of fighting to get Trumps tax returns because they
    claimed they need to see them to review how the IRS handles
    audits of a president.....
    https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144472882/a-house-panel-voted-to-publicly-release-a-report-on-trumps-tax-returns

    "The IRS did not audit Trump during his presidency's first 2 years, Democrats say"

    Typically gutless to add "Democrats say" to a statement of fact.

    "The Committee expected that these mandatory audits were being
    conducted promptly and in accordance with IRS policies," Committee
    Chairman Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement. "However,
    our review found that under the prior administration, the program
    was dormant. We know now, the first mandatory audit was opened two
    years into his presidency. On the same day this Committee requested
    his returns."

    and this has what to do with releasing his returns?

    It turns out he wasn't being audited as required by law. This leads to a
    public interest in his previous returns which had not been released as
    had been the custom for previous Presidents.

    Nothing.

    It shows the legislative motivation. The committee has oversight over
    the IRS.

    Congress can go after the IRS just like they should be on the ass of
    the FBI....but they're do busy politiking.

    The IRS and FBI were both run by Republican appointees.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 21 18:52:40 2022
    On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 12:23:48 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/21/22 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 7:33:30 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/20/22 9:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    After years of fighting to get Trumps tax returns because they
    claimed they need to see them to review how the IRS handles
    audits of a president.....
    https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144472882/a-house-panel-voted-to-publicly-release-a-report-on-trumps-tax-returns

    "The IRS did not audit Trump during his presidency's first 2 years, Democrats say"

    Typically gutless to add "Democrats say" to a statement of fact.

    "The Committee expected that these mandatory audits were being
    conducted promptly and in accordance with IRS policies," Committee
    Chairman Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement. "However,
    our review found that under the prior administration, the program
    was dormant. We know now, the first mandatory audit was opened two
    years into his presidency. On the same day this Committee requested
    his returns."

    and this has what to do with releasing his returns?
    It turns out he wasn't being audited as required by law. This leads to a public interest in his previous returns which had not been released as
    had been the custom for previous Presidents.

    Customs are not law and releasing the returns is blatant violation of
    Trump's rights.


    Nothing.

    It shows the legislative motivation. The committee has oversight over
    the IRS.
    Congress can go after the IRS just like they should be on the ass of
    the FBI....but they're do busy politiking.
    The IRS and FBI were both run by Republican appointees.

    and that makes them saints? Your devotion to party above all else
    and expectation that everyone else should share your immorality
    is nauseating.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Dec 22 09:28:47 2022
    On 12/21/22 8:52 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 12:23:48 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/21/22 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 7:33:30 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/20/22 9:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    After years of fighting to get Trumps tax returns because they
    claimed they need to see them to review how the IRS handles
    audits of a president.....
    https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144472882/a-house-panel-voted-to-publicly-release-a-report-on-trumps-tax-returns

    "The IRS did not audit Trump during his presidency's first 2 years, Democrats say"

    Typically gutless to add "Democrats say" to a statement of fact.

    "The Committee expected that these mandatory audits were being
    conducted promptly and in accordance with IRS policies," Committee
    Chairman Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement. "However,
    our review found that under the prior administration, the program
    was dormant. We know now, the first mandatory audit was opened two
    years into his presidency. On the same day this Committee requested
    his returns."

    and this has what to do with releasing his returns?
    It turns out he wasn't being audited as required by law. This leads to a
    public interest in his previous returns which had not been released as
    had been the custom for previous Presidents.

    Customs are not law and releasing the returns is blatant violation of
    Trump's rights.

    Auditing sitting Presidents, OTOH, is law, hence "mandatory" in Neal's statement.

    To repeat the point, the committee had oversight over the IRS and needed
    to know if existing laws were being followed. They were not.

    Congress can go after the IRS just like they should be on the ass of
    the FBI....but they're do busy politiking.
    The IRS and FBI were both run by Republican appointees.

    and that makes them saints?

    It makes them not Democrats. It's also hilarious that the notoriously conservative FBI is now attacked as supporting the left. The ghost of
    Hoover asks, wtf?

    Your devotion to party above all else...

    Blah, blah, blah. Not that I need to reassure you, but my "partisanship"
    is a lot closer to Howie Klein than to Chuck Schumer.

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