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House Democrats Vote to Release Donald Trump's Tax Returns
2022-12-22
[Breitbart] In an unprecedented move, Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday voted to release several years’ worth of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns.

The committee’s vote came after chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) started a lengthy court battle in 2019 to review Trump’s tax returns. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Trump’s request to block an appeals court order ruling that he turn over his tax returns and financial information to the committee, ABC News reported.

Members of the Ways and Means Committee met behind closed doors on Tuesday for more than three hours before ultimately voting along party lines, 24-16, to release Trump’s tax records.

The committee reportedly voted to release the transcript of the closed-door proceedings when appropriate.

The committee did not clarify how and when Trump’s tax records will be released but did announce there will be two days to redact sensitive information before anything is released.

Trump spokesman Steven Cheung blasted the committee’s decision and accused the Democrats of "playing a political game."
Posted by:Besoeker

#11  If they released all of their tax returns along with those of the Democratic committee chairs then ...okay. As it stands it stinks on ice.
Posted by: magpie   2022-12-22 15:06  

#10   If everyone in the Congress were ordered to release their taxes as well, this shi* would STOP immediately.

Yeah, but it might be a good idea to require it for all of them.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-12-22 12:25  

#9  Confidentiality is not open to a vote.

They can vote that presidential elects after 2024 are wide open to tax review.

But that would essentially be every Federal elected office.

Starting with this committee.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-12-22 10:13  

#8  Since the committee never was is no longer legally constituted once this Congress ends, they have to release the chaff now or it's gone
Posted by: Frank G   2022-12-22 09:04  

#7  Since all 3 branched of the US Gov. are equal.

The LSD's in Congress have set a prescient for all branch leadership & immediate family to be required to release Tax Returns.

Also, The committee reportedly voted to release the transcript of the closed-door proceedings when appropriate.
 Wondering now what would be Politically "appropriate" ☺.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-12-22 08:37  

#6  Every Congresscritter and everyone who runs to be a Congresscritter should have theirs made public.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-12-22 07:50  

#5  Yes. This will be one of those "precedents" that will not be revered as "settled law" when it bites the usual suspects in the a$$...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-12-22 07:46  

#4  unprecedented?

They keep using that word and I don't think they know what it means. Everyone on the planet knew this was going to happen.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2022-12-22 06:59  

#3  A man who donated his entire salary to charity and whose companies lost $1 billion in value while Democrats in and out of government used illegal methods to try and destroy him didn't owe federal income taxes? Why I never.
Posted by: Whusoger Shavish7113   2022-12-22 05:52  

#2  If there was anything there, they would make a criminal referral. Shame on the judges that facilitated this political graffiti.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-12-22 05:39  

#1  If everyone in the Congress were ordered to release their taxes as well, this shi* would STOP immediately.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-12-22 00:13  

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