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DanieRains

(4,619 posts) Fri Dec 18, 2020, 04:36 PM Dec 2020

Because if they didn't....

You can't pardon folks for IRS crimes....

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I Am Sure The Trump Kids Claimed And Paid Taxes On All The Money From The Slush Fund (Original Post) DanieRains Dec 2020 OP

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1. The President can certainly pardon someone for federal criminal tax evasion. However...

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 04:40 PM

Dec 2020

the IRS can still recover any unpaid taxes and penalties as that would be a civil action.