House committee sends new letter to IRS demanding Trump's tax returns
Source: CNN
(CNN)House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal is not backing down on his request for six years of the President Donald Trump's personal and business tax returns, he writes In a new letter sent Saturday to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig.
In a two-page letter, Neal writes that he believes his committee is well within its rights to see the President's tax returns and that he expects a decision from the IRS within the next 10 days.
"I expect a reply from the IRS by 5:00 p.m. on April 23, 2019. Please know that if you fail to comply, your failure will be interpreted as a denial of my request," Neal writes.
The letter leans heavily into the committee's legal rational for the returns and Neal writes that, "I am aware that concerns have been raised regarding my request, and the authority of the committee. Those concerns lack merit. Moreover, judicial precedent commands that none of the concerns raised can legitimately be used to deny the committee's request."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/13/politics/trump-tax-returns-house-letter-irs/index.html
Neal's letter: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/13/politics/house-cmte-letter-to-irs/index.html
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Now, it's 10 more days, and all he's asking for is a DECISION ...
This is mealy-mouthed bullshit if you ask me. THERE AIN'T NO F***ING DECISION TO BE MADE ON THEIR END.
This letter should've been a threat of impeachment (or at minimum the referral of criminal charges to DoJ) of Rettig if the documents that he is REQUIRED BY LAW to furnish are not handed over by, say, this Friday.
The tRumpistas are laughing. Why not 72 hours!? End of the day Monday? Geezus!
"The letter leans heavily into the committee's rationale"? Like the tRumpistas don't know the law? How the hell do they think tRump has been able to get away with his con the past 50 years? Lawyers that know the law!
So here's what we'll see next:
On April 22 the IRS will respond requesting another 14 days because they need to, oh I don't know, finish their detailed review of the massively long tax return to redact any information regarding 2nd and 3rd parties that falls under the strict privacy requirements of the Privacy Act (this takes weeks but we're trying to speed that and complete it within two weeks -- we'll let you know if we need more time in about 12 days or so) or some other bullshit. That the Dems will then say: "Okay, that's it! But after that we mean business!"
I was a bureaucrat. I understand process. But I'm beginning to get really pissed.
interpreted as a failure to comply." 
