RandomGuy
05-08-2019, 02:20 PM
As expected, Steven Mnuchin ended the day Monday by inviting Congress to conduct oversight of his wrinkly, white ass. In a five-paragraph letter, Mnuchin informed the House Ways and Means Committee that the Justice Department has discovered this one weird trick to make unwanted congressional document demands disappear. They haven't actually told him the trick yet -- Bill Barr will whisper those magic words in his ear "as soon as practicable" -- but in the meantime, ummm, Alla Kazam, Alla Kazoo, Fuck You and MAGA, No Tax Returns For You!
More or less.
In reliance on the advice of the Department of Justice, I have determined that the Committee's request lacks a legitimate legislative purpose, and pursuant to section 6103, the Department [of Treasury] is therefore not authorized to disclose the requested returns and return information.
The statute mandates that the IRS shall hand over any tax return upon request, but one time in 1975 the Supreme Court suggested in a footnote that courts might have the right to determine whether a congressional subpoena has a legitimate legislative purpose. And even though Steven Mnuchin is in no wise a court, and even though this statute has nothing to do with Eastland, and even though section 6103 makes no mention of legitimate legislative purpose, and even though Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal was very careful to supply a legislative rationale for the request for Trump's taxes, Steven Mnuchin is now the final arbiter of what is and what is not a legitimate legislative purpose.
And we are, quite frankly, sick to death of explaining that no, the law does not say that. No one at the Justice Department actually believes that the Supreme Court is going to agree that Steven Mnuchin's determination of CONGRESS HOW DO IT GO overrides the plain language of the statute. This argument is transparently bullshit, and everyone knows it. The only issue now is whether Justice Roberts allows Trump to drag it out past November 2020. Third verse, same as the first.
https://www.wonkette.com/steven-mnuchin-tells-congress-to-get-f-cked-citing-very-serious-legal-reasons-tbd
More or less.
In reliance on the advice of the Department of Justice, I have determined that the Committee's request lacks a legitimate legislative purpose, and pursuant to section 6103, the Department [of Treasury] is therefore not authorized to disclose the requested returns and return information.
The statute mandates that the IRS shall hand over any tax return upon request, but one time in 1975 the Supreme Court suggested in a footnote that courts might have the right to determine whether a congressional subpoena has a legitimate legislative purpose. And even though Steven Mnuchin is in no wise a court, and even though this statute has nothing to do with Eastland, and even though section 6103 makes no mention of legitimate legislative purpose, and even though Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal was very careful to supply a legislative rationale for the request for Trump's taxes, Steven Mnuchin is now the final arbiter of what is and what is not a legitimate legislative purpose.
And we are, quite frankly, sick to death of explaining that no, the law does not say that. No one at the Justice Department actually believes that the Supreme Court is going to agree that Steven Mnuchin's determination of CONGRESS HOW DO IT GO overrides the plain language of the statute. This argument is transparently bullshit, and everyone knows it. The only issue now is whether Justice Roberts allows Trump to drag it out past November 2020. Third verse, same as the first.
https://www.wonkette.com/steven-mnuchin-tells-congress-to-get-f-cked-citing-very-serious-legal-reasons-tbd