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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin indicated he would not comply with a subpoena to hand over President Donald Trumps tax returns, saying that the judicial branch will likely decide the dispute between Congress and the Trump administration.
Theres a difference in interpretation in Congress and us and the Department of Justice, Mnuchin told a Senate appropriations panel Wednesday. Thats why there are three branches of government, so that if theres a difference in opinion it can go to a different branch to be resolved.
Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig face a Friday deadline to hand over six years of Trumps personal and business tax documents. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal subpoenaed the documents last week after making several requests in April using a section of the tax code that gives the chairmen of the congressional tax committees the authority to request any tax return, including those of the president.
So far, Mnuchin has repeatedly refused those requests, saying House Democrats dont have a legitimate legislative purpose for the returns and only want to target a political enemy and violate the presidents privacy. Neal has said his purpose in asking is to oversee the IRSs routine annual audit of every president and vice president.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mnuchin-foresees-trump-tax-return-fight-heading-to-court/ar-AABpeVZ?li=BBnbcA1
Mnunchin I don't think you're going to find Donald Trump worth dying for.
W_HAMILTON
(7,866 posts)The law applies to the Treasury Department/IRS -- who the hell cares what corrupt Barr's DOJ thinks?
BigmanPigman
(51,591 posts)OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)him to resign to save himself.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I wonder what Mnuchin's argument will be when a federal judge says the language of the statute is so plain, a bubble-headed dingbat could understand it? Probably, "Hey, what's my wife have to do with this?"