Mulvaney: Dems will NEVER get tax returns and they know it

Discussion in 'Politics' started by WeToddDid2, Apr 7, 2019.

  1. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...lvaney-says-Dems-NEVER-Trump-tax-returns.html

    'That is not going to happen and they know it': Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney says Democrats will NEVER get Trump's tax returns
    • Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday Democrats will 'never' get ahold of President Donald Trump's tax returns
    • 'That is not going to happen and they know it,' he said on 'Fox News Sunday'
    • Democrats are requesting six years of Trump's tax returns from the IRS
    • Trump has said he is under audit from the IRS
    • Trump attorney Jay Sekulow accused Dems of using IRS as 'political weapon'
    • 'This idea that you can use the IRS as a political weapon, which is what is happening here, is incorrect both as a matter of statutory law and constitutionally,' he said on ABC's 'This Week'
    Mulvaney laid down the gauntlet during an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday.'

    'Never, nor should they,' he said when asked if Democrats will get their eyes on the president's tax forms.

    'That is not going to happen and they know it,' he noted. 'This is a political stunt by my former colleagues.'

    'Keep in mind that was an issue that was already litigated during the election. Voters know the president could have given his tax returns, they knew that he didn't and they elected him anyway, which is of course what drives the Democrats crazy. They just want the attention on the issue because they don't want to talk to us about policy,' he said.

    'You always expect something from the Democrats.'

    Mulvaney argued Democrats 'know what the law is' but were engaged in a 'political hit job' on the president.

    'They know what the law is. They know one of the fundamental principles of the IRS is to protect the confidentiality of you and me and everybody else who files taxes. They know that. They know the terms under law by which the IRS can give them the documents, but political hit job is not one of those reasons,' he said.

    And Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow argued Democrats don't have a 'legitimate legislative purpose' for seeking the president's returns.

    'It's not the law for the United States. We don't have a requirement that presidents do that. This president decided not to because he has an ongoing IRS audit,' he said on ABC's 'This Week.'

    'This idea that you can use the IRS as a political weapon, which is what is happening here, is incorrect both as a matter of statutory law and constitutionally,' he said.
     
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  2. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Just keeping it in the news and Trump on the defensive and fighting it is a win.
     
  3. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark


    Actually voters gave Hillary Clinton 3 million more votes.
     
  4. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    You are a broken record that just won't stop playing.
     
  5. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Actually Trump supporters who keep saying voters/the people elected Trump are the lying broken records.I just correct them.