Top House Republican calls for probe of source of NYT Trump tax documents

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) called on Monday for a probe into the sources of The New York Times story that detailed two decades worth of President Trump's tax records and financial dealings.

Brady, the head Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, released a statement on the Times report that was published Sunday, saying a “felony crime was committed” by giving Trump’s tax information to the newspaper.

"While many critics question the article’s accuracy, equally troubling is the prospect that a felony crime was committed by releasing the private tax return information of an individual - in this case the President’s,” he said.

“To ensure every American is protected against the illegal release of their tax returns for political reasons, I am calling for an investigation of the source and to prosecute if the law was broken,” he added.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/518683-top-house-republican-calls-for-probe-of-source-of-nyt-trump-tax-documents?__twitter_impression=true

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[Sucha NastyWoman]

1. Of course he did.

[onetexan]

38. yes it's not the crime that's the problem, it's the coverup, AND the leaking

[greenjar_01]

2. "It's not accurate, but they have the real records" is quite the argument to go with

[elleng]

5. Yup!

[The Wizard]

3. Normal people don't care what Republicans

say except under oath, and even then no one believes them.

[regnaD kciN]

4. As usual...

...”those documents aren’t our real ones, and we demand to know who stole them from us!!!”

[Midnight Writer]

6. NYT should tell him to get a subpoena, then laugh at him.

It was the GOP who decided Congress should be powerless to enforce subpoenas.

Why shouldn't they be treated with the same contempt?

[niyad]

7. Sooo, kev, you don't have any problem with the information, only that WE THE PEOPLE, i.e., his

BOSS(and yours, you traitorous, partisan scum) now have it. Got it!

[jorgevlorgan]

8. Lol

If it's fake news, how could there be a source? If it isn't fake news, then the source clearly isn't the issue.

[yonder]

18. +1.

[Grokenstein]

22. One day, he hopes to have anyone who can see through his bullshit

summarily executed.

[zebrapa]

9. Rep Brady

can go _____ himself.

[TeamPooka]

10. So you're saying it's all true....oops.

[Enterstageleft]

11. GET FUCKED!

[apnu]

12. Hey Brady, which is it: fake or real?

He and the rest of the GOP seem confused here.

If its fake, there's nothing to investigate.

If its real, then try to get the NYT to cough up its sources, but that alone confirms its not fake.

It can't be both fake and real at the same time. This isn't Schrodinger's tax returns.

[AZ8theist]

13. "Schrodinger's tax returns"

[JohnnyRingo]

15. ★★★★

Good one. hope this quip comes up on the House floor.

[aggiesal]

17. It might Schrodinger's Cat's tax returns, that cat has made a ton of money off Schrodinger ...

easily the most famous cat, dead or alive.

[EndlessWire]

19. LOL! n/t

[denbot]

23. Outstanding!

“Schrodinger’s tax returns!” DU’zy!

[forgotmylogin]

14. "To ensure every American is protected against the illegal release of their tax returns for pol-

Um What?

"To ensure every American is protected against the illegal release of their tax returns for political reasons"... Um, yes, if you're not President, you don't need to release your taxes. The president is our employee, and as such should open the robe. It used to be a convention - of course political candidates need to be transparent and disclose their taxes. We didn't need a law until Donald Trump decided the rule didn't apply to him.

[aggiesal]

16. I have only one thing to say about Rep. Kevin Brady ...

about asking a newspaper to turn over their sources:

[cstanleytech]

20. How can it be a crime if Donald himself said he was going to release them anyway? Or was he lying?

[Jarqui]

21. Naturally, they're not concerned with what the tax returns

indicate - that the President is likely terribly compromised in terms of national security, has thousands of conflicts of interest, may well have committed a crime of tax fraud, may be installing someone on the Supreme Court to help him avoid being held accountable, etc.

But none of that is a concern to them. They want to go after who it was that exposed the above ..

[NBachers]

24. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today stuck his head up his ass and started shouting real loud.

[Maeve]

32. Many Republicans have become like perverse ouroboros

Not biting their tails, but attempting to disappear up them

[LisaL]

25. President is not a private individual.

NT

[duforsure]

26. By Brady wanting to go after the NYT instead of the tax evasion by trump

Shows he has no place in OUR government, and a crook too.

[riversedge]

36. Little weasle Brady has always been a stinking #TrumpSwamp weasel-rat

[mdbl]

27. Yes, don't investigate or prosecute the obvious crimes of the president and family

just investigate the messengers.

[machI]

28. When they find out, Joe can give that person the Presidential Medal of Freedom when he is elected.

These financial records are going to seal Trump's defeat. We need to honor the person who made it possible.

[UserNotFound]

29. Standard GOP playbook...

vilify the messenger.

[rpannier]

30. His concern for the American public is touching

[rickyhall]

31. So predictable, attack messenger. Never a surprise, we own the wingers.

[bucolic_frolic]

33. "Extremism in Defense of Liberty is No Vice"

Defending US sovereignty. So what's the problem here?

[gab13by13]

34. I have a solution for you Brady,

get Trump's lawyer, Bill Barr, to sue the New York Times, then we can have something called discovery, but discovery works both ways.

[Demsrule86]

35. Isn't it a shame that you are in the minority Republicans (not really) Boo Hoo...

you can strut and demand until the proverbial cows come home and you get nothing.

[samsingh]

37. repugs are good for doing the wrong thing everytime - how about probing the criminal ?

the repugs are crying for help to be thrown out of office.

[honest.abe]

39. Probably a good idea. Keep the story in the news until election day.

[Turbineguy]

40. They should be nervous.

but not for "every American".

[Le Roi de Pot]

41. Here is something for Kevin Brady to fuck

[cstanleytech]

42. I wonder if the Trump campaign leaked them to try and take some of the public's attention away

from other things like the trashed economy and the soaring number of COVID deaths all of which are due to Trump as well as a number of other Republican's.

[not_the_one]

43. Mary Trump should say...

"Hey, FUCKWADS! It was ME. I gave them the returns from MY lawsuit. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING DO TO ABOUT IT? HUH? BRING IT ON, ASSHOLES"

Sorry about the screaming. I AM a screamer, but usually not to THAT extent... Nothing that a pillow wouldn't muffle.

The only way to emphasize something, while typing is to capitalize. So I do emphasize a lot of words that, if I were speaking, I would accentuate. Pillow notwithstanding.

[Illumination]

44. Do republicans have ANY morals, values, concern for Americans (THAT THEY'RE WORKING FOR),

etc.? Would not put it past any of these slime ball republicans to do this scenario: A couple republicans break into a home & are arrested for theft, robbery, etc. In turn they demand that they have the victims & police investigated. Especially with the fake so called pres., this seems to be their playbook these days...