AFP photo of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump suffered another legal blow when the Department of Justice determined the Treasury Department was obligated to turn over the former president's tax returns -- and his critics rejoiced.
The Justice Department's office of legal counsel offered an opinion Friday that found the House Ways and Means Committee had a legislative purpose in seeking the documents, and that decision came hours after news broke that Trump pressured his acting attorney general to declare the results of the election "corrupt."
Handwritten notes compiled by then-deputy attorney general Patrick Donoghue show the ex-president tried Dec. 27 to press then-acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen to call the election results into question and "leave the rest up to" Trump and and his congressional allies.
Finally: Trump's tax returnshttps://twitter.com/jeremyherb/status/1421156009335218178\u00a0\u2026— liarslast_join (@liarslast_join) 1627666005
Told you so. Very often.\n\nFrom the Justice Department's order to Treasury to turn over Donald Trump's tax returns to congressional investigators:\nhttps://www.justice.gov/olc/file/1419111/download\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/YSU0PQ67yX— David Corn (@David Corn) 1627667509
- Trump caught pressing DOJ officials to declare the election "corrupt."\n\n- DOJ declines to represent elected officials involved in inciting the insurrection.\n\n- DOJ tells Treasury to turn over Trump tax returns to Congress.\n\nToday has been a very bad day for Donald Trump.— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch.com) 1627666973
Wow. DoJ hands over notes showing trump committed seditious conspiracy, then orders the treasury to hand over his tax returns. The only thing that could make today better would be an indictment of Matt Gaetz.— Mueller, She Wrote (@Mueller, She Wrote) 1627667278
So question, when Mnuchin and others totally IGNORED the federal statute that REQUIRES the tax returns of an individual to be handed over to congressional committee doing oversight,WHY are they NOT PROSECUTED? Once again, two tiered justice system? "Equal Justice Under The Law"?— Jon Skinner (@Jon Skinner) 1627666145
first they came for Trump's tax returns, and I did not speak out\u2014 because I was laughing so hard I couldn't catch my breath. also, fuck that guy— Jeff Tiedrich (@Jeff Tiedrich) 1627666986
This is a big deal, yes, but we should all have seen his tax returns in *2016.* Every single major party presidential nominee dating back to the 1970s released their tax returns...until Trump. It should be a requirement, as some financial conflicts of interest are disqualifying.https://twitter.com/TimOBrien/status/1421160212581523470\u00a0\u2026— Brian Klaas (@Brian Klaas) 1627666106
Are we going to finally see a correction of the original sin of no tax returns that let that criminal run in the first place? I sure hope so. He's hidden them for a reason all this time and it wasn't about any audit.— Thorman Lungie (@Thorman Lungie) 1627666086
OMG Now the House will get Trump's taxes. The ones SCOTUS gave to Cy Vance ONLY because he had an ongoing criminal investigation. This is getting GOOD— Sandi Bachom (@Sandi Bachom) 1627665943
Evidence showing that the President pressed DOJ to declare the election results corrupt is devastating. Trump is toast.— Scott Shapiro (@Scott Shapiro) 1627663249
The 's tax returns are going to Congress. \nThe U.S. Department of Justice has directed the Treasury Department to turn over the failed South Florida blogger's tax returns to the House Ways & Means Committee. \nSayonara, 45.— Marisel Morales (@Marisel Morales) 1627666073
Let's see all these working-class sycophants justify their taxes when they see, for real, the tax returns that prove he is a hustler who pays no taxes while ripping off everyone around him.https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfJohn/status/1421159482197954572\u00a0\u2026— GreggDaly (@GreggDaly) 1627666034
Breaking: DOJ tells Treasury to turn over Trump's tax returns to the Ways and Means Committee.\n\nWhat a Friday.pic.twitter.com/dWYxffJynl— Chris Morris (@Chris Morris) 1627666034
Justice Dept has just now ordered the Treasury Dept to release Trump\u2019s tax returns to Congress.pic.twitter.com/47JYoE0QfM— Robin (@Robin) 1627666008
