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In reply to the discussion: I think people are WAY too hopeful about Trump's tax returns being a smoking gun... [View all]brooklynite
(94,361 posts)10. But that's precisely the sort of thing you would never learn.
Congress can obtain tax records for oversight purposes. They cannot release them publicly.
(a) General rule Returns and return information shall be confidential, and except as authorized by this title
(1) no officer or employee of the United States,
(2) no officer or employee of any State, any local law enforcement agency receiving information under subsection (i)(1)(C) or (7)(A), any local child support enforcement agency, or any local agency administering a program listed in subsection (l)(7)(D) who has or had access to returns or return information under this section or section 6104(c), and
(3) no other person (or officer or employee thereof) who has or had access to returns or return information under subsection (c), subsection (e)(1)(D)(iii), paragraph (10), (13), or (14) of subsection (k), paragraph (6), (10), (12), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), (19), (20), or (21) of subsection (l), paragraph (2) or (4)(B) of subsection (m), or subsection (n),
shall disclose any return or return information obtained by him in any manner in connection with his service as such an officer or an employee or otherwise or under the provisions of this section. For purposes of this subsection, the term officer or employee includes a former officer or employee.
(1) no officer or employee of the United States,
(2) no officer or employee of any State, any local law enforcement agency receiving information under subsection (i)(1)(C) or (7)(A), any local child support enforcement agency, or any local agency administering a program listed in subsection (l)(7)(D) who has or had access to returns or return information under this section or section 6104(c), and
(3) no other person (or officer or employee thereof) who has or had access to returns or return information under subsection (c), subsection (e)(1)(D)(iii), paragraph (10), (13), or (14) of subsection (k), paragraph (6), (10), (12), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), (19), (20), or (21) of subsection (l), paragraph (2) or (4)(B) of subsection (m), or subsection (n),
shall disclose any return or return information obtained by him in any manner in connection with his service as such an officer or an employee or otherwise or under the provisions of this section. For purposes of this subsection, the term officer or employee includes a former officer or employee.
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I think people are WAY too hopeful about Trump's tax returns being a smoking gun... [View all]
brooklynite
Jul 2020
OP
Everything you say is logical and may be true....but it WILL piss Trump off...SO worth it!
dutch777
Jul 2020
#2
Translation, if this is about ANY democrat it finishes them overnight...
Eliot Rosewater
Jul 2020
#12
I don't expect the court to rule in favor of their release. He's not a Democrat.
themaguffin
Jul 2020
#32
If Vance gets an indictment, the underlying evidence (the taxes) should be public
Arazi
Jul 2020
#35
If he got loans from Russians through Deutsche Bank right before the election...
cbdo2007
Jul 2020
#36
#SCOTUS will issue orders tomorrow morning at 9:30 am Eastern. Next day for opinions: Monday, July 6
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2020
#37