Pelosi Statement on Biden Administration DOJ Ordering Release of Trump Tax Returns

[malaise]

https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/73021-0
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion directing the Treasury Department to comply with the law and accede to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richie Neal’s request to release Donald Trump’s tax returns to the Ways and Means Committee:

“Today, the Biden Administration has delivered a victory for the rule of law, as it respects the public interest by complying with Chairman Neal’s request for Donald Trump’s tax returns. As Speaker, on behalf of the House of Representatives, I applaud Chairman Neal for his dignified pursuit of the truth and the Biden Administration Department of Justice for its respect for the law.

“Access to former President Trump’s tax returns is a matter of national security. The American people deserve to know the facts of his troubling conflicts of interest and undermining of our security and democracy as president.

“The House will always fight to expose the truth For The People.”

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Go Sister Nancy - keep those boots on his neck

[triron]

1. Get'im Nancy!

[malaise]

3. My Two Nancy favorites - BamBam and keep those hoots on his neck

[Cha]

19. Yes, GO Nancy & Biden Admin!!

[Nevilledog]

2. I think I read that TFG had 72 hours to challenge the release.

You know he will.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Of course he will. No need to celebrate yet huh.

[triron]

34. Nope. He can't do anything to stall it according to Barbara McQuade.

She expects they will be handed over tonight.

[ShazzieB]

37. Really? GOOD! 😁

[mopinko]

4. any of these fools who tought nancy was going to 'look forward' again

need a conservator.

[malaise]

5. Applause for the

conservator - let Kevin Moron keep on calling her a lame duck

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. Madame Speaker is frickin' Magnificent. I would follow her into ANY

battle she chooses. Think Gingrich, Haestert, Boehner and Ryan to name a few - addded together
they dont measure up to to the top of her high heels.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Well that's quite a statement:)

[Marcuse]

15. Don't forget Bob Livingston.

“He made some mistakes in his life that came back to bite him and he did the honorable thing,” said Mark C. Corallo, Livingston’s press secretary. “He could have hung on as speaker, but who wants to hang on?”

[MichMan]

7. When will they be released to the public?

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. One way or another, yes.

Info. about them will be leaked, per usual.

I imagine it's gonna take a few days before actual copies are revealed.

[nykym]

17. Most likely never unless leaked

IRC Section 6103 generally prohibits the release of tax information by an IRS employee. However, there are important exceptions that you should be aware of.

https://www.irs.gov/government-entities/federal-state-local-governments/disclosure-laws

[former9thward]

20. The New York Times has had 18 years of his returns for almost a year.

1999-2017. If anyone, Congress included, wanted to look at them they just had to pick up a paper. They ran several articles on them.

[Brother Mythos]

10. I applaud our Speaker's latest statement.

Thank you for posting it.

[calimary]

12. Nice touch at the end there. "...to expose the truth For the People."

[George II]

13. I agree with you, but this is not a good choice of words: "keep those boots on his neck" these days.

[SallyHemmings]

14. I LOVE HER!

We are lucky to have her.

[Joinfortmill]

16. 👍

[aquamarina]

18. Bingo Baby - it's about time!

[former9thward]

21. Why is this a story?

The New York Times was given 18 years of returns, 1999-2017 almost a year ago. They did not hide them, they ran some articles on them.

[fwvinson]

23. Yea. I was surprised by this article. I was under the impression we have already

seen his returns. Remember an article that stated and showed from his returns that he had lost around $100 million a year, the most anyone had ever lost in history. I'll look for that and get back.

[Wounded Bear]

25. I believe those were state returns...nt

[former9thward]

26. The articles I read did not say anything about state returns.

I can no longer get the articles because of a paywall.

[Jon King]

27. The NY Times had partial returns and zero power to investigate.

The NY Times did not get all the attachments which flesh out all his corporations. They also have no power to investigate and subpoena people like Congress will.

[former9thward]

28. The New York Times has more power to investigate than Congress.

Nixon was brought down by the Washington Post, not Congress. The Times did investigate and ran some articles.

[tavernier]

39. His lawyers denied the figures.

His followers will always believe them over the New York Times. Also they reported that Trump owns hundreds of millions of dollars in valuable assets, but they do not reveal his true wealth. Nor do they reveal any previously unreported connections to Russia.

[former9thward]

43. I suspect some of the same complaints will be made when Congress investigates.

[JohnnyRingo]

22. "He was going to release them anyway."

That should be the pat answer to people who express outrage about government overreach. He wanted to, but was just waiting a couple weeks for the audit to wrap up. It's time.

[Wounded Bear]

24. It's about time...

[majdrfrtim]

29. Not sure if "boots on his neck"

is the best metaphor here, given what has happened with knees on necks . . .

Otherwise great news, though!

[malaise]

30. That metaphor has been used here with said song since

2018 but I get the point since George Floyd

[CaptainTruth]

31. If Repugs don't like this DOJ OLC memo, we need to ask them about...

...the DOJ OLC memo that says a sitting president can't be prosecuted. The one that prevented charges from being filed against Cheeto Benito when he was defiling our White House.

[malaise]

33. The Slobfather is a criminal - time for charges

That is all

[SayItLoud]

32. The POS has 72 hours to do something about the ruling....and he will do something. Keep waiting.

He is STILL above the law, until he is NOT.

Lock him and the insurrectionists up.

[triron]

42. Barbara McQuade on MSNBC doesn't seem to think so. She said there's nothing Trump can do to delay.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Finally the moral and legal high ground is emerging

[malaise]

36. And so is the likelihood of the Slobfather ever running again

He was running again to cover up all this crap and commit some more crimes. He went as far as a failed coup to stay in power.

[Stuart G]

40. The .."Slobfather" will never run again..He will be too busy defending himself, "OR SITTING IN JAIL"

[malaise]

41. +1.000