Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Saturday implied House Democrats have tried to “weaponize” the IRS against President Donald Trump by requesting his and several of his business’ tax returns.
“[T]he implication of this is way beyond in my mind a congressional oversight issue, and a president issue,” Mnuchin said on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, as quoted by Reuters. “I feel a responsibility that we get this right and that the IRS does not become weaponized like it was under the Nixon administration.”
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) first requested the tax returns from IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig on April 3, giving Rettig a week to respond. On April 10, Mnuchin — rather than Rettig — said the returns were still unavailable.
On Saturday, Neal wrote to Rettig again, dismissing the concerns outlined by Mnuchin, without naming him, and asserting that responding to the request was a simple matter of following the law. He set a new deadline of April 23 for the returns.
This has been the law since Teapot Dome approximately 1924. I think the weaponization has existed for long enough that it could have been repealed if it was used vindictively. I am quite certain that the law would have been trotted out against Obama by the GOP if he had not released his returns… but that would not have been a problem… right.
I suspect there is more than a dash of psychological projection behind his comments.
These turds know absolutely no shame.
Fuck these guys. If he or others interfere with or obstruct the production, they should be prosecuted by the next Democratic Administration. I understand there is a five-year prison term for obstructing production.
That’s weaponization, Shitstain. And in your case it’s necessary.
Sorry for the profanity but this is infuriating.
It’s amazing the lengths they’ll go to hide that the President is a Thousandaire…