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SuperiorMan wrote:Appeals court says House can obtain Trump's taxes from the IRS
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/politics ... es-opinion
(CNN)A federal appeals court on Tuesday signed off on a House Ways and Means Committee request to obtain former President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service.
The 3-0 ruling from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is a blow to Trump, who has argued for years in court against releasing his tax returns to any investigators. A trial-level judge he appointed while president previously rejected his arguments in the case.
But Trump still could appeal, making the litigation unlikely to end at this time. The court said the judgment would not issued for seven days, giving Trump time to appeal. This litigation is separate from the House select committee's investigation into the January 6 riot.
The majority opinion, written by Circuit Judge David Sentelle, said that Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal's request for the records was within the scope of his committee's inquiry, and the court also rejected Trump's argument claiming that the request had a retaliatory motive, making it invalid.
Neal has requested the returns under a law that allows disclosure of an individual's tax returns to the committee -- a request that the Trump administration had rebuffed.
The appeals court on Tuesday said that Trump did not prevail in his argument that as a former President his records should not be turned over.
"In this case, the need for the Trump Parties' information to inform potential legislation overrides the burden to the Executive Branch largely because that burden is so tenuous," Sentelle, a Reagan appointee, wrote in the opinion.
Judge Karen Henderson, a George H.W. Bush appointee and Robert Wilkins, an Obama appointee, also agreed with the decision, though Henderson wrote that she believed there should be more scrutiny on a request like this that would have implications for the presidency.
The case stems lawsuit Neal filed in in 2019 seeking a court order compelling the IRS, then under the Trump administration, to turn over Trump's tax returns
The litigation moved at a slow pace that outlasted Trump's presidency, and in July of last year, the Justice Department signaled it was switching positions in the case in favor of the committee obtaining the returns. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, last December granted requests from the department and the House to dismiss the case, prompting Trump's appeal to the DC Circuit.
pete wrote:GOP had enough with his crap and sold him out. Sucks that he appointed this fbi director and he raised the penalty for illegally removing confidential documents from 1 to 5 years.
shogun wrote:"The mob takes the 5th.. only guilty people do" - Donald Trump.pete wrote:GOP had enough with his crap and sold him out. Sucks that he appointed this fbi director and he raised the penalty for illegally removing confidential documents from 1 to 5 years.
This true?
Petraeus and Berger were both Democrats:pete wrote:I don't think it was to be tough on leakers. It was more to deal with "her emails". The irony is astounding
Les Bain wrote:When the FBI investigated Hillary 11 days before the election, Republicans were chanting to lock her up.
Trump appointed the FBI director and increased the penalty for removing confidential documents.
Now the FBI investigating Trump and Republicans and trumpers alike bawling it unfair....they could come for you next...defund the FBI. Also, trump sending out woe is me newsletters and asking for donations.
Have to hand it to trump...he really knows how to mine his fanbase like the bunch of deluded suckers they are.
Pleading the Fifth in a US civil suit is no different than not answering questions in a criminal case; with one glaring exception: failure to answer questions cannot be used against a defendant in a criminal case. In a civil case, failure to answer a question CAN be (and typically is) considered as an admission of culpability and serves to aid the plaintiff in gaining a favorable decision.Les Bain wrote:Question for the American legal system enthusiasts:
As a prosecutor what's the next step after someone pleads the 5th? Cue the laugh track like on the Chapelle Show skit?
adnj wrote:
Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation.
Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands.
The people who described some of the material that agents were seeking spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. They did not offer additional details about what type of information the agents were seeking, including whether it involved weapons belonging to the United States or some other nation. Nor did they say if such documents were recovered as part of the search. A Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Justice Department and FBI declined to comment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... ar-a-lago/
The House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into a $2 billion investment by the Saudi government into a firm formed by Jared Kushner after he left the White House last year.
Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., wrote in a letter to Kushner that her committee is looking into the investment by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, which is controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, into Kushner’s firm Affinity.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/03/house-oversight-investigating-2b-saudi-investment-in-jared-kushners-firm.html
adnj wrote:
Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation.
Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands.
The people who described some of the material that agents were seeking spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. They did not offer additional details about what type of information the agents were seeking, including whether it involved weapons belonging to the United States or some other nation. Nor did they say if such documents were recovered as part of the search. A Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Justice Department and FBI declined to comment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... ar-a-lago/
Mmoney607 wrote:Trump not going to jail, go and sleep
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