Democrats planning to examine Trump’s tax returns after the midterms

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/29/trumps-tax-returns-midterms-democrats-853456

The years-old mystery of what’s in President Donald Trump’s tax returns will likely quickly unravel if Democrats win control of at least one chamber of Congress.

Democrats, especially in the House, are quietly planning on using an obscure law that will enable them to examine the president’s tax filings without his permission.

The nearly 100-year-old statute allows the chairmen of Congress’ tax committees to look at anyone’s returns, and Democrats say they intend to use that power to help answer a long list of questions about Trump’s finances. Many also want to use it to make public confidential information about Trump’s taxes that he’s steadfastly refused to release.

“Probably the approach would be to get all of it, review it and, depending on what that shows, release all or part of it,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, the No. 4 Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee.

That could bring a swift end to the long-running battle over Trump’s returns, while generating loads of fodder for what promises to be an array of investigations into the administration if Democrats win power.

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Good 

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Obscure law. Yes take down Voldemort.

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God, why? It's not any of their business, please someone explain 

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41 minutes ago, DCgaga said:

God, why? It's not any of their business, please someone explain 

Wealthy people are notorious for avoiding to pay taxes, and this can severely harm a person’s character, and can even turn into a federal charge. Tax fraud anyone? 

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49 minutes ago, DCgaga said:

God, why? It's not any of their business, please someone explain 

Since Nixon, it has been the practice of Presidential candidates to release their tax returns, although it's not a law. During the campaign, Trump actually promised that he was going to do it, too; but then he kept putting it off, and ultimately discarded the idea once he "won" the election.

It's widely believed that the returns contain evidence of something Trump doesn't want people to see, whether that's his true net worth (which he is known to exaggerate), or something worse. Personally, I think we should remember that this was the stuff he was willing to tell the government (before he was in it), so there's a limit to how damning it can possibly be. There are many other avenues for future investigation that will surely prove more... interesting.

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1 hour ago, DCgaga said:

God, why? It's not any of their business, please someone explain 

Because when asked in a debate about tax evasion and his bankruptcy he bragged that the loopholes he abused didn't make him a criminal, but "made him smart." Yes, our president said tax evasion made him smart. So it's worth investigating for that reason.

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18 hours ago, Nemo said:

Since Nixon, it has been the practice of Presidential candidates to release their tax returns, although it's not a law. During the campaign, Trump actually promised that he was going to do it, too; but then he kept putting it off, and ultimately discarded the idea once he "won" the election.

It's widely believed that the returns contain evidence of something Trump doesn't want people to see, whether that's his true net worth (which he is known to exaggerate), or something worse. Personally, I think we should remember that this was the stuff he was willing to tell the government (before he was in it), so there's a limit to how damning it can possibly be. There are many other avenues for future investigation that will surely prove more... interesting.

It is interesting, but I don't get the hype around it, the only ones who should care are either the people that would possibly arrest him for tax fraud or just him himself, we shouldn't care, and if he doesn't want it to go public or leak and it does, than it's invasion of privacy.

Also why did you put quotes around Won, he won, get over it 

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2 hours ago, DCgaga said:

... if he doesn't want it to go public or leak and it does, than it's invasion of privacy.

Also why did you put quotes around Won, he won, get over it 

As President, he's the ultimate public figure, and as such gives up a lot of the expectation of privacy he'd otherwise have.

And, he received millions of votes less than Hillary Clinton, so there will always be an asterisk on his "election". Get over it.

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36 minutes ago, Nemo said:

As President, he's the ultimate public figure, and as such gives up a lot of the expectation of privacy he'd otherwise have.

And, he received millions of votes less than Hillary Clinton, so there will always be an asterisk on his "election". Get over it.

Ok, but seriously though, he won, why the get over thing with what I said?