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No. of Recommendations: 18
Trumpedo has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
F*cking guy hasn't paid federal income taxes in forever but is going to rob the treasury of $10 billion.
Pretty obvious conflict of interest but, hey, it's just another in a long line of shakedowns.
Will the president personally looting the treasury cause MAGAts to reevaluate their cult?
Nah.
No. of Recommendations: 17
Trumpedo has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion. For "leaking" his tax return.
Trump sues IRS for $10B over leaked tax returns
“Defendants have caused Plaintiffs reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, unfairly tarnished their business reputations, portrayed them in a false light, and negatively affected President Trump, and the other Plaintiffs’ public standing,” the lawsuit states. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/57141...Would these be the tax returns he was promising us he would release, 10 years ago?
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 3
You don't believe in the Rule of Law or Due Process.
Trump is perfectly within his rights to use the civil court system to ask the justice system for redress against what he perceives to be wrongs causing alleged damage by a government agency, in this case the IRS.
The courts will determine whether there is any merit to his claim, and if so, how much damages if any he is entitled to.
Now, if he was a crook like Biden and his family, he would not use legal process.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Steve,
If the IRS can illegally leak confidential tax return information or the returns themselves, or parts of them, in violation of the law, without the taxpayer's express consent to do so, and if they can do it to a President or a presidential candidate, they can do it to any one of us.
You leftists are so immersed in your group think reflexive anti-Trump responses to pretty much everything, that you never seem to think about anything in a critically evaluative way.
Sorry that you're upset that Trump chose not to follow a so-called "norm" that is not in any way a legal requirement, i.e., a candidate for president voluntarily releases his tax returns. If you don't like that then don't vote for that candidate.
Did you know how that even started? When Nixon was accused of corruption, I believe as VP for Eisenhower, he made a big showing of releasing his tax records to show he was not a corrupt politicians.
I guess that really didn't age well, did it.
No. of Recommendations: 13
Sorry that you're upset that Trump chose not to follow a so-called "norm" that is not in any way a legal requirement, i.e., a candidate for president voluntarily releases his tax returns. If you don't like that then don't vote for that candidate.
I agree that it is improper for any tax return to be "leaked". I am pointing out the duplicity of having a hissy fit over something that he was promising to do, for years.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 9
Would these be the tax returns he was promising us he would release, 10 years ago? ~Steve
This Trump lie slipped my mind, easy to do when there’s a new one every five minutes.
"I’m under a routine audit and it’ll be released, and as soon as the audit is finished it will be released.~ ~Trump
"So, the answer is, I’ll release them. Hopefully before the election I’ll release. And I’d like to release!" ~Trump
"We'll be working on releasing my taxes in the next period of time. Probably over the next few months. They're being worked on now.
Absolutely at the appropriate time, you'll be very satisfied. They're being worked on now." ~Trump
Mitt Romney called Trump's refusal "disqualifying" and said the only logical reason for Trump was that "there is a bombshell in them."
Prior to Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns, every president over the last 40 years has released tax returns.
MAGA wakes up every morning thinking, "I can’t wait to be lied to again!"
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trum...
No. of Recommendations: 1
Steve,
You're not quite there yet.
Trump was not promising to illegally leak anyone's tax returns, including his own, for years.
You miss the whole point when you mush everything together in order to "win" the discussion.
You can certainly criticize Trump if you think he made a promise in a campaign and didn't keep it. Let's all agree, at least for the sake of the point I am trying to elucidate for you, that he totally lied and reneged on a binding campaign promise to release his tax returns.
Since it's not in any way illegal for politicians to tell lies during political campaigns about their future intentions, the "remedy" for the lies is simply that you don't vote for that politician. And obviously you can exercise your first amendment right to furiously criticize the lying politician as much as you care to do.
That state of facts does not give some unknown employee at the IRS who politically disagrees with Trump, and thinks he is a liar, to violate federal law and unilaterally determine that it is OK to "leak" Trump's tax returns.
The two things really have nothing to do with one another, except that both happen to involve Trump, and since Trump is always the bad guy, you leftists have to twist everything so that you "win" and Trump "loses."
This is one of the big reasons the Left has a lot of trouble winning over moderate Republicans and Independents, and even hanging on to their traditional blue collar base.
It's not O.K. for someone at the IRS to have illegally leaked Trump's tax returns because that employee was angry that Trump violated a campaign promise to voluntary release them.
That's not due process, that's not the rule of law, that's not justice.
The leaking of Trump's tax returns (if that actually happened) is a violation of everything that the Left claims to represent.
That hypocrisy/illogical dichotomy is why the Left has problems and doesn't seem to understand WHY it has problems with large parts of the electorate.
No. of Recommendations: 1
Mitt Romney is certainly entitled to his personal opinion, but that's all it is, his personal opinion.
Refusal to voluntarily release tax returns by a presidential candidate is in no way "disqualifying." Simply because there is no, and never was, any legal requirement to do so.
And as proven by the fact that Trump did not release his tax returns, yet, of all the law suits filed to try to keep Trump off the ballot in various states, citing various theories of law, not one of those lawsuits argued that Trump should be disqualified for not releasing his tax returns.
No. of Recommendations: 8
Refusal to voluntarily release tax returns by a presidential candidate is in no way "disqualifying.
Not to you, obviously.
Just one more secret he kept. And now we’re beginning to see the reasons for why he keeps so many secrets.
No. of Recommendations: 11
A few facts about Trump's latest shakedown of American taxpayers...
Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax returns by former contractor Charles Littlejohn is misguided and wasteful...
The suit demands compensation from federal funds, directly burdening American taxpayers with an exorbitant claim for harms already litigated indirectly.
Littlejohn pleaded guilty and served a five-year sentence, meaning the government has addressed the breach criminally.
Trump is sueing in his personal capacity while overseeing the agencies as president, creating an inherent conflict where his own Justice Department would defend or settle the case.
Courts previously dismissed his efforts to block tax disclosures, signaling judicial reluctance to entertain politically timed claims lacking novel merit.
Littlejohn leaked returns from thousands, including billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, yet Trump singles out his own for massive damages.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-sues-irs-trea...https://www.ktvu.com/news/trump-files-lawsuit-agai...
No. of Recommendations: 7
<Refusal to voluntarily release tax returns by a presidential candidate is in no way "disqualifying." ~marco000
Ok, so you and Mitt Romney don’t see eye to eye, fascinating revelation.
But by your standards, even pedophilia doesn’t make the cut for "disqualifying."
Always good to know where you’ve set the moral bar...well below sea level.
No. of Recommendations: 1
If the IRS can illegally leak confidential tax return information or the returns themselves, or parts of them, in violation of the law
Then LOCK UP SPANKEE !! They only leaked the info because he told them to do so.
No. of Recommendations: 5
Why Don The Con never released his tax returns...
"Tax returns highlight obligations to creditors or foreign entities, potential emoluments violations, and policy impacts on personal wealth.
Tax returns offer a fuller picture of influences on judgment."
Like banks evaluating loans, voters use tax returns to gauge fiscal responsibility and priorities, aiding informed choices.
Historically, presidential candidates have released them to help voters know them better...
until Trump refused.
https://sunlightfoundation.com/2016/07/27/why-is-t...
No. of Recommendations: 2
The leaking of Trump's tax returns (if that actually happened) is a violation of everything that the Left claims to represent.
Nice try, STRIKE 42,862 !!!
Spankee controls the IRS, so the ONLY way the leak could have happened would have been BECAUSE HE ORDERED THE LEAK. Strict accountability under Spankee--remember?
Waiting for the NEXT killing of an IRS employee by ICE/CBP.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Takes one to know one buddy.
No. of Recommendations: 8
Takes one to know one buddy! ~marco000
Once again, the MAGA brain trust delivers a reply bursting with nuance and scholarly depth. Bravo!
"Smart people don't like me!" ~Donald "Epstein List" Trump
