By Erica Werner Erica Werner Congressional reporter focusing on economic policy Email Bio Follow May 8 at 1:12 PM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that new revelations about President Trump’s past tax filings show the need for congressional Democrats to see those returns, which the administration is refusing to provide.
Committee chairman to view Trump’s returns. The law says the treasury secretary “shall furnish” tax returns of any individual to the chairmen of Congress’ tax-writing committees if asked. “It does tell us, though, that it would be useful to see his tax returns, as the law says, the administration ‘shall’ give the — ‘shall.’ It doesn’t say ‘may, should, could, under certain circumstances.’ It says ‘shall’ give those tax returns to the Ways and Means chairman.”
Pelosi said she would defer to Neal, but also said: “There are several options. One of them is to go directly to court.” Trump has long resisted releasing his tax returns, something every president since Richard Nixon has done voluntarily. He’s offered varying rationales, including claiming he could not release his returns under audit, even though numerous experts have said that would be no impediment to releasing them if he chose. Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen told Congress earlier this year that Trump’s returns were never under audit and that Trump did not want scrutiny of his financial affairs.
Why? Did it commit a crime with it? BTW, what is IRS there for?
This woman is showing signs of being obsessed with the Trump situation. I would watch her mental status.
I'd rather see her taxes. We know how Trump made his money. How does a public servant on a government salary like hers amass a net worth of millions and millions?
Trump 2020.
DonniesGoingDown
First show us the tax returns of all the people who have managed to become millionaires while being a “public servant” and then we can worry about Trump.
Most people would rather see the tax returns of politicians who became rich while in office, than the people who were rich before they were elected to office. Let's see all the Members of Congress' tax returns. Pelosi first.
Unfortunately some people just command without thinking..
How so?
False flag to distract from spygate, collusion probe was cover-up (I'm whistle-blower). Began pre 2014 as blackbag op & evolved to spygate. Spying was upon me,and intel went to his campaign. Felonies continue, no lawful aid. See docs(note6,7,14)
LOL. They were from 30 years ago and Trump even wrote a book about it!
The ploy isn’t going to work..
I’d like to see Pelosi returns also aren’t you being sued a a young boy for fake news
What I find the most insulting and hypocritical that the top 1% pay 43.6% of all income tax collected The top 20% pay 86.8%!!!! 45% of Americans pay ZERO ($0.00%) income tax! ZERO! None! Half of that 40% that pay ZERO INCOME TAX are also receiving welfare (paid by the top 20%
Obama official James Clapper: the Obama people actually thought they could stop Trump from getting sworn in Judicial Watch, which obtained the emails in a Freedom of Information Act
Peter Strzok/Sally Yates ambush play in the early days of the Trump White House. Now, Team Obama’s documented effort to cook up the Russia story before Trump’s inauguration
SpeakerPelosi 'this is about an investigation into an assault on our election by a foreign power.' Take Trump out of the equation. Brilliant. Now let's pound that on MSM. We know what trump did. I want to know what Russia did.
And while desperate DemocRATS wail about tax returns & the Mueller report they haven't bothered to read UNREDACTED, real journalists are reporting FACTS that SpyGATE was, indeed, political!
We don't care about the President taxes! We DO CARE about spying on presidential candidate. We want to know about the Operation Crossfire Hurricane strategy surfaced during the 2016 presidential election and continued well into Trump’s presidency
They’re so desperate to find something on Trump it’s amusing. How many times is the left going to swing and miss?
From 30 years ago? I think it's safe to say Dems haven't handled the election very well...
There were many companies doing this because it was allowable loopholed. And Congress allowed it. They are still allowing it. It is CONGRESS who needs to close these loopholes. But they are having too much fun fighting with each other
Why don’t we just declassify everything and see who is left standing? It’s not like our enemies don’t already have all the info.
THROW MNUCHIN IN THE SLAMMER
What revelations? This is old news being recycled bc they don’t have a message to win in 2020
The tax returns will reveal: 1. probable wrongdoing 2. credible explanations into his need for seeking sketchy funding sources
who cares
Does anyone really care what Nancy Pelosi says ?
No thanks! We need to see hers!
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What that Trump lost a billion, came back and won?
Dems literally attack Trump 24/7 and don't govern. It's a shame. This country could be doing even better - but these traitorous people would rather destroy the country than let Trump move ahead with his agenda.
Click bait.
Is this MSNBC or the Nancy Pelosi report? There's virtually no difference between the manipulative media and the DNC!!! This is not what the 'free press' is supposed to be! Stop the propaganda, stop the indoctrination, stop the lies of the left!!!
I think what we know about her finances means we need to see hers, too. Puleeze!
Pelosi said it! 😂
Impeach him!
Fascist said what?
Live...from New York...
Revelations!