Trump sues to block Congress subpoena for his financial records

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  1. Bluesguy

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    Yes he has and as President is audited every year. Nixon was being charged with a crime and voluntarily released his tax records and requested the IRS audit them. Trump's are already audited.
     
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    Prove me wrong
     
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    Nixons weren’t audited as President the way trumps are?
     
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    I don't feel like it. Google "every President is audited every year." You're welcome. :grin:
     
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    Ah yes as president perhaps.
     
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    True.........but Trump was bitching about audits well before he ran for office. He's a complainer as you well know. :grin:
     
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    Those that are identified by federal, state and local laws and regulations.
     
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    Congress has the absolute right to subpoena those documents, and Trump’s lawyers will lose. They have no case.
     
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    One of the things he’s trying to hide is whether or not he actually was under audit, not that that has anything to do with his obsession about hiding his financials.
     
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    What crime has been identified by federal, state and local laws and regulations.
     
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    Where did I say that you had to itemize expense and incomes ? I said you have to declare where it came from(I.e. which entity had profits and which had losses). THAT is the roadmap that shows where your income is derived from. From there the IRS 9and congress) has the right to audit those entities.......but you knew that
     
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    :confusion: Somebody steal your login? :p

    It appeared you inferred that you had to "list where your revenues came" from, ie, XYZ corporation paid yoi ZXC corp paid you, etc etc.
    Of course Trump has to file returns for each legal entity, but you don't have to disclose all the sources it came from. That's insane. For example, a retailer doesn't detail every customer who bought something. In that regard, a tax return doesn't tell anyone a thing as to who they are doing business with. It may disclose interest paid to banks or lenders ( and identify them) since that is deductible........but that's about it..........says nothing about who your suppliers are. (those pesky Rooskies).

    Clearly there was a miscommunication and disconnect between our statements but tax returns don't identify much of anything other than income and expenses.........not a lot more, other than type of business (rentals, passive income, investment income, sales, earned income, commissions, etc) That's hardly a blueprint to identify specific people or organizations dealt with. So it's really a big waste of time to disclose them, other than give the opposition something vague to make wild speculations about. In an audit, everything is examined. Sources, uses, banking records, the whole nine yards. The IRS has seen this........and obviously there is nothing illegal going on. That doesn't mean the shitheads in Congress need something else to bitch about. Nope.
     
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    You really have no clue. I guess you are unaware financial statements and tax returns are two different critters? He's released his financials........which aren't tax based. SMH at wanna be accountants.




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    He'll be long since retired from his 2nd term as President before his tax returns ever see the idiots of the Ways and Means Committee.
     
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    The Senate Banking Committee can request the IRS Tax returns from every member of the House Ways and Means Committee.......Let the chips fall where they may.
     
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    No it isn't.
     
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    So what is it?
     
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    Political opposition research.
     
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    Lol...trump knows that it would be fatal for him to reveal his real financial situation.
     
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    But you are saying they are not allowed to take steps to investigate things that might be impeachable offences. You are saying they are allowed to do one thing, but you want to tie their hands to prevent them from doing it.

    You can't have it both ways.
     
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    You should know by now - just because Trump said something doesn't mean it is true. In fact, if we can take anything from Mueller's report, it is that Trump is a pathological liar.

    Trump's credibility is pretty much zero. He is without a doubt the most deceitful and dishonest politician we have ever seen.
     
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    They can - but they have to review them in closed executive session.
     
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    …..and the sad part is folks like you are ok with that, but in the next breath you want to claim he is the most transparent president of all time.
     
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    I find it hard to fathom how national security and rule of law has no importance, over a potentially corrupt or conflicted president's privacy.

    Trump isn't harmed by this unless there's something to see, and if there is it needs to be seen. The country sure is harmed if his privacy is prioritzed over oversight. This is a no brainer, except that Trump's base has decided emotions and partisanship are reasons to reject their brain's impulses.
     
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    How many people have been caught with corruption offer fraud by audits? Usually the money is laundered and hidden on tax returns. The majority of people caught cheating are caught by other means.
     

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