Justice Department backs Steven Mnuchin in fight for Trump's tax returns

  • 📰 CNBC
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 33 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 72%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

'The Committee's asserted purpose—to consider legislation regarding the IRS's practices in auditing presidential tax filings—was implausible,' the agency says.

The Office of Legal Counsel agreed with Mnuchin's determination that the House Ways and Means Committee's subpoena did not have a "legitimate legislative purpose."

"The Committee's asserted purpose—to consider legislation regarding the IRS's practices in auditing presidential tax filings—was implausible," the agency says in the memo. In May, the Treasury secretary defied a subpoena from the committee by not authorizing the IRS to give Trump's personal and business tax returns to congress.

Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, during a G-20 meeting on June 08, 2019 in Fukuoka, Japan.The Justice Department on Friday supported Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's argument against turning over President Donald Trump's tax returns.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

What do you expect?

Correct me if I am wrong but I do not believe there is any law requiring the President of Presidential candidate to share there taxes taxes.

And we’re surprised

Persian famine of 1917–1919 The .'Persian holocaust.' !

Does realDonaldTrump encourage everyone to pay their fair share of the tax burden? How can he ask people to pay their share of taxes, if he hides his tax returns, because he apparently used shady tax avoidance schemes to not pay federal income taxes for decades.

that headline should be rewritten to say 'William Barr backs Steven Mnuchin' not the TheJusticeDept or USTreasury

Good....

Womp Womp Libs! Womp Womp Democrats!

Meanwhile , AT THE HALL OF JUSTICE! Batman and Aquaman have failed at getting the democratic party to do something useful. So they are currently getting stoned in the hall of justice bathroom. They have to smoke there because Wonder Woman would beat them if she knew they got high

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 12. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Justice Memo Backs Mnuchin on Trump Tax ReturnsThe Justice Department backed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s refusal to turn over President Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee. Uh duh. Barr wasn't brought in to get our nation's chief attorney, he was brought in to help bury the bodies and set fire to their homes to hide all the evidence. CROOKS Why is there so much secrecy, so much protection to be done for someone that says he is innocent of everything?
Source: WSJ - 🏆 98. / 63 Read more »