Pelosi aide: Dems 'will take all necessary steps' to get Trump's tax returns

[riversedge]

Source: the Hill




By Naomi Jagoda - 03/01/19 07:18 PM EST

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“Every day the American people and Congress learn more about President Trump’s improprieties, from conflicts of interest to influence peddling, potential tax evasion and violations of the Constitution – all roads leading back to President Trump’s finances," Pelosi spokeswoman Ashley Etienne said in a statement. "These improprieties, and the lack of transparency around them, give the House legitimate legislative, oversight and legal reasons to review the President’s tax returns."

"We will take all necessary steps, including litigation, if necessary, to obtain them," she added. "Given President Trump’s recalcitrance, the committees with jurisdictional and legislative equities are working with the Ways and Means Committee to ensure the House is able to present the strongest possible case.”
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Cohen said during his testimony Wednesday that Trump would undervalue his assets to reduce his real-estate tax bill, but inflate the value of his assets to boost his rankings on Forbes's lists of wealthiest people and for insurance purposes.

Cohen also cast doubt on whether Trump's tax returns were under audit during the 2016 presidential election.
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The statement from Pelosi's office is one of the strongest to date from Democratic leadership about plans to try to obtain the president's tax filings..............................................

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/finance/432286-pelosi-spokeswoman-house-dems-will-take-all-necessary-steps-to-get-trumps-tax

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I read elsewhere this process will take WEEKS just to get the Dem request constructed and sent to IRS. THEN expect stalling or outright obstruction from Trump Adm.
Patience is a virtue. Long wait folks

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Scumbag. Cheated on his taxes and everything else, at our expense...remember this. At our...

expense (the rest of us have to pick up the slack).

[Evolve Dammit]

2. He's been lying since the campaign about the returns; audits blah, blah. Go get him Nance

[Hoyt]

3. If they get them great, although I bet the returns won't prove a thing. It's not like

there is a schedule for illegal payments and/or receipts.

If they don’t get them or there is nothing in the returns of value, we look stupid. Point is, don’t announce it, just do it. If they prove valuable in bringing down trump, great.

[Bayard]

4. Subpoena his accountants that prepared them

Kind of like, subpoena the translator from his Putin meetings. How come we never hear any more about her?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Lock him up!

[DeminPennswoods]

6. Mnuchin is the person who will have

to approve the tax info release. Expect Mnuchin to delay and stall, but Pelosi does have leverage because she can make Mnuchin's life miserable by, for example, investigating his use of gov't planes to fly him and wifey hither and yon. She also controls his Treasury Dept budget.