Trump says voters don't care about his personal tax returns

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is scoffing at Democrats' attempts to pry loose his tax returns, saying his refusal to release the records as a candidate didn't hurt him in 2016 and voters "didn't care" about the issue.

A leading House Democrat has issued subpoenas for six years of Trump's tax documents and given Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig a deadline of this coming Friday to deliver them.

Trump has privately made clear he has no intention of turning over the much-coveted material. He is the first president since Watergate to decline to make his returns public, often claiming that he would release them if he were not under audit.

The subpoenas came from Rep. Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, on Friday, days after Mnuchin refused to comply with demands to turn over Trump's returns. Mnuchin said the committee's request "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose," as Supreme Court precedent requires.

Neal, D-Mass., reminded the two Trump appointees in a letter that federal law states that the IRS "shall furnish" the tax returns of any individual upon the request of the chairmen of Congress' tax-writing committees and that his committee "has never been denied" a request.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-voters-dont-care-about-his-personal-tax-returns/ar-AABbYjM?li=BBnb7Kz

[Skittles]

1. HIS fucked up base doesn't care

but imagine if they were HILLARY'S TAX RETURNS

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Trump says a lot of things, most of it not true.

[CatMor]

3. I would rather poke my eyes out than vote for trump but ..

as the so called president he is obligated to release his returns as others have done since Nixon. So yes, I am very interested in the con man's tax returns to see how crooked he really is.

[MiniMe]

4. He really has nothing to do with that

The law said that the IRS and the Secretary of Treasury are responsible for turning the tax returns over to the House committee when requested.

[keithbvadu2]

5. He was not elected despite his refusal.

"saying his refusal to release the records as a candidate didn't hurt him in 2016"

He was not elected despite his refusal.

during the campaign he gave his word that he would release his taxes .