So, turns out Trump's tax returns won't immediately be turned over to a House committee.

[Nevilledog]

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Josh Gerstein
@joshgerstein
So, turns out Trump’s tax returns won’t immediately be turned over to a House committee. Trump’s lawyers will get to continue to litigate the issue before a federal judge in DC. Doc:

Status Report – #111 in COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES v....
Joint STATUS REPORT by CHARLES P. RETTIG, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, STEVEN T. MNUCHIN, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. (Gilligan, James) (Entered: 07/30/2021)
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8:08 PM · Jul 30, 2021

[Thomas Hurt]

1. but of course, the Pig will run this out as long as he can...

give the christofascists on the SC a shot at it.

[Mad_Machine76]

19. If there is one consistent throughline with Trump

it's his seemingly unlimited ability to litigate his way out of nearly any problem until everybody else just gives up or runs out of resources. It is absolutely bonkers insane

[rownesheck]

2. Ugh.

This is why I never get excited about the "trump is in big trouble" headlines. I'm convinced he's never gonna face any consequences.

[SoCalDavidS]

5. And You Would Be Correct nt

[CentralMass]

12. Yep.

[Meowmee]

13. This

[Nexus2]

14. That's exactly how I feel about it .

And I'll believe he'll face any significant consequences when I see it happen, not before at this point.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

3. I didn't think the Prepaid legal was still in business

Thought they went out of business when Trump university did

[kairos12]

4. Chump is Teflon.

[uponit7771]

6. I don't see how this gets him more time and litigation

[everyonematters]

7. More marginalization of the Republican Party.

I know the party out of the White House is supposed to win Congress in the off years, but I see the GOP continuously marginalizing itself, losing more swing voters all the time. It's approach to the Jan 6th investigation and the pandemic has got to be losing them voters. I don't think that losing Congress on the midterm is a done deal, even with the gerrymandering.

[world wide wally]

9. I totally agree

[WarGamer]

8. If the IRS has had the returns for decades...

And he was never charged with any tax crimes, why do we think there are crimes inside?

[elias7]

11. Because he was an informant?

[ProfessorGAC]

20. I Don't Think It's Crimes

I think the biggest fear is revealing he's always been faking his "vast" wealth.
That's way more embarrassing to him than being accused of a petty tax crime.

[Hoyt]

10. How many fizzled bombshells have those damn tax returns produced since 2016.

Think we’d learn.

[onethatcares]

15. we'll be waiting

on Fitzmas for a long, long, long time.

[kentuck]

16. Seems like a great time to pass legislation requiring all presidential candidates make public...

...their tax returns at request of the Congress.

If this had been on the books 5 years ago, we probably would have went thru none of this mess.

While they are at it, they could pass legislation making all "acting" Cabinet officials require Congressional approval after 30 days. Why was Trump permitted to have so many "acting" Department heads? That should never happen again.

[dsc]

17. they were given 72 hours notice

that was clear in the reporting. Barring a judicial meltdown this is the very short endgame.

[bullwinkle428]

18. Let's face it - we won't see these tax returns until long after he's dead, if ever.