Top House Republican calls for probe of source of NYT Trump tax documents
Source: The Hill
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) called on Monday for a probe into the sources of The New York Times story that detailed two decades worth of President Trump's tax records and financial dealings.
Brady, the head Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, released a statement on the Times report that was published Sunday, saying a felony crime was committed by giving Trumps tax information to the newspaper.
"While many critics question the articles accuracy, equally troubling is the prospect that a felony crime was committed by releasing the private tax return information of an individual - in this case the Presidents, he said.
To ensure every American is protected against the illegal release of their tax returns for political reasons, I am calling for an investigation of the source and to prosecute if the law was broken, he added.
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Sucha NastyWoman
(2,748 posts)onetexan
(13,041 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)The Wizard
(12,545 posts)say except under oath, and even then no one believes them.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...those documents arent our real ones, and we demand to know who stole them from us!!!
Midnight Writer
(21,765 posts)It was the GOP who decided Congress should be powerless to enforce subpoenas.
Why shouldn't they be treated with the same contempt?
niyad
(113,303 posts)BOSS(and yours, you traitorous, partisan scum) now have it. Got it!
jorgevlorgan
(8,294 posts)If it's fake news, how could there be a source? If it isn't fake news, then the source clearly isn't the issue.
Grokenstein
(5,723 posts)summarily executed.
zebrapa
(112 posts)can go _____ himself.
TeamPooka
(24,226 posts)Enterstageleft
(3,396 posts)apnu
(8,756 posts)He and the rest of the GOP seem confused here.
If its fake, there's nothing to investigate.
If its real, then try to get the NYT to cough up its sources, but that alone confirms its not fake.
It can't be both fake and real at the same time. This isn't Schrodinger's tax returns.
AZ8theist
(5,461 posts)Good one. hope this quip comes up on the House floor.
aggiesal
(8,914 posts)easily the most famous cat, dead or alive.
EndlessWire
(6,531 posts)Schrodingers tax returns! DUzy!
forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)Um What?
"To ensure every American is protected against the illegal release of their tax returns for political reasons"... Um, yes, if you're not President, you don't need to release your taxes. The president is our employee, and as such should open the robe. It used to be a convention - of course political candidates need to be transparent and disclose their taxes. We didn't need a law until Donald Trump decided the rule didn't apply to him.
aggiesal
(8,914 posts)about asking a newspaper to turn over their sources:
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)Jarqui
(10,125 posts)indicate - that the President is likely terribly compromised in terms of national security, has thousands of conflicts of interest, may well have committed a crime of tax fraud, may be installing someone on the Supreme Court to help him avoid being held accountable, etc.
But none of that is a concern to them. They want to go after who it was that exposed the above ..
NBachers
(17,110 posts)Maeve
(42,282 posts)Not biting their tails, but attempting to disappear up them
LisaL
(44,973 posts)NT
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Shows he has no place in OUR government, and a crook too.
riversedge
(70,218 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)just investigate the messengers.
machI
(1,285 posts)These financial records are going to seal Trump's defeat. We need to honor the person who made it possible.
UserNotFound
(108 posts)vilify the messenger.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,161 posts)Defending US sovereignty. So what's the problem here?
gab13by13
(21,337 posts)get Trump's lawyer, Bill Barr, to sue the New York Times, then we can have something called discovery, but discovery works both ways.
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)you can strut and demand until the proverbial cows come home and you get nothing.
samsingh
(17,598 posts)the repugs are crying for help to be thrown out of office.
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)Turbineguy
(37,329 posts)but not for "every American".
Le Roi de Pot
(744 posts)cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)from other things like the trashed economy and the soaring number of COVID deaths all of which are due to Trump as well as a number of other Republican's.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)"Hey, FUCKWADS! It was ME. I gave them the returns from MY lawsuit. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING DO TO ABOUT IT? HUH? BRING IT ON, ASSHOLES"
Sorry about the screaming. I AM a screamer, but usually not to THAT extent... Nothing that a pillow wouldn't muffle.
The only way to emphasize something, while typing is to capitalize. So I do emphasize a lot of words that, if I were speaking, I would accentuate. Pillow notwithstanding.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)etc.? Would not put it past any of these slime ball republicans to do this scenario: A couple republicans break into a home & are arrested for theft, robbery, etc. In turn they demand that they have the victims & police investigated. Especially with the fake so called pres., this seems to be their playbook these days...