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What are the Democrats scared of?
Enough stalling, time to get aggressive.
Hooray. Democrats won the 2018 election. We now have subpoena power due to having the chair of House committees. Now we will be able to stop the abuses of power Trump’s White House has been known for. Finally, Congress will impose its Constitutionally-mandated oversight responsibility on this administration.
Or so we thought. After months of posturing, the Democratic chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, who by law is entitled to receive copies of any tax returns upon request, finally sent a letter to the IRS requesting Trump’s tax returns. Trump’s response? No. Even before subpeonas were issued, Trump vowed to block all requests, despite their strong legal grounding.
In another example of the Democrats’ timidity, in New York, where Democrats control the Governorship and both legislative chambers, there is discussion over whether to release Trump’s tax returns. Discussion? In Washington, the Republicans used their control over the government for two years to block any oversight over Trump. In Democratic New York, they’re discussing whether to take steps to do something?
The IRS falls under the authority of the President. So it’s not surprising that it would hesitate to release Trump’s tax returns.
