US House tax committee will not seek Trump tax returns

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



13 FEB 2017 AT 16:34 ET

A congressional tax oversight committee will not seek U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax returns despite calls from Democrats for a review to determine possible business ties to foreign countries including Russia, the panel’s Republican chairman said on Monday.

“If Congress begins to use its powers to rummage around in the tax returns of the president, what prevents Congress from doing the same to average Americans?” House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady told reporters.

“Privacy and civil liberties are still important rights in this country, and (the) Ways and Means Committee is not going to start to weaken them.”

The Texas Republican was responding to questions about a Feb. 1 letter from Representative Bill Pascrell, a Ways and Means Democrat who asked Brady to obtain Trump’s returns from the U.S. Treasury so the committee could review them in closed session and vote on whether to release them to the public.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/us-house-tax-committee-will-not-seek-trump-tax-returns/

[ck4829]

1. Illegitimate government says what?

[More_Cowbell]

2. What a surprise

Not. The difference between looking at the president's tax returns and looking at an ordinary citizen's, Kevin, is that the president has the power to benefit from his conflicts of interest to a much greater extent than the average citizen.

[JudyM]

15. Exactly, More_Cowbell. Ludicrous excuse. Welcome to DU!

[underpants]

3. LMAO "civil liberties"? + Let me add this - He's getting them over a barrel

They easier haven't studied him or they are just drunk with power. This is Trump's M. O., get people so dependent on him that when they need to cut him loose they find that they can't. He did it with the USFL, he did it with the banks, he did it with Fox News and the rest of MSM.

[JudyM]

16. I'd argue they have something of a fiduciary duty to examine them, with all the info already

out there about Russian ties, plus his insistence on maintaining his business interests.

[lagomorph777]

25. Tax committee isn't really the right venue. This is an intelligence matter.

But given the leakiness of the government lately, it might be irrelevant; the returns might show up in an unmarked envelope at the Washington Post...

[JudyM]

27. Ok, let's hope.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. You gave up privacy when you ran for the most powerful position in the world

This is just Republican Bull

[Solly Mack]

5. Because they already know what they will find?

How many Congressional republicans are also on Putin's payroll?

Has the entire GOP been compromised?

Is that why they fight againt investigations into Trump, Russia, election hacking?

[Chasstev365]

6. So some patriot should leak them to the press or hack the IRS!

Trump, Bannon, Flynn, and Pence need to be brought to justice before it's too late!

[bdamomma]

7. leave it Repigs to do things

illegally. Every President had to show theirs, WTF. They are all accomplices to this mobster and his regime.

That's funny privacy and civil rights???? Important rights??? since when do they care about rights??? such hypocrisy.

[Dave Starsky]

21. It's never been a requirement, really.

More like a tradition started so that candidates could prove that they weren't grifter scumbags in the pockets of foreign governments. You know, back when that used count for something.

And it was a tradition started by Mitt Romney's dad, of all people.

[blm]

8. Funny - Clintons and Obamas never had their privacy and civil liberties protected by GOP congress

at any point during their terms.

[JudyM]

17. Touche. Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican Congress.

[Initech]

9. Move along, nothing to see here!

[CountAllVotes]

10. damn crook

and they keep the orange crook in power.

We don't care how crooked you are they say!

Well, in that case, I think I'll forget about MY tax return!

f YOU tRump!

[DK504]

11. Once again we are getting screwed.

"Privacy and civil liberties are still important rights in this country, and (the) Ways and Means Committee is not going to start to weaken them.”

Oh course the Rethug Congress won't of shit to show this f-ing pig is a traitor. 'Cause Benghazi!!!!!!!!'

Yeah it's so important that the NSA can crawl up our ass, but BLOTUS can walk around scott free.

[notdarkyet]

12. Rump setting another "president". From now on no presidential candidate

Will give up their taxes. Course rump might rule for the rest of his life. We don't need any elections. He will be like putty.

[cstanleytech]

13. Now is anyone really shocked that the Repugnants are acting...well repugnant? nt

[milestogo]

14. oh bullshit

[dalton99a]

18. So the Electoral College elected Mystery Meat to be president.

[triron]

19. absurd excuse! How lame can you get repukes?

[riversedge]

20. The cover-up continues: Republicans in Congress will not seek Trump's tax returns, denying Democrats

Dems Against Trump ‏@TheDemCoalition 9m9 minutes ago

The cover-up continues: Republicans in Congress will not seek Trump's tax returns, denying Democrats request

Link to tweet

[OnDoutside]

23. That's exactly the approach I want top Democrats to take.

[riversedge]

24. :-)

[OnDoutside]

22. Democrats should make this a Campaign issue from this point on. Embarass them into it.Do a Benghazi

on it.

[riversedge]

26. Kand REC