Trump's lawyers contend Congress has no authority to investigate individuals and cannot demand personal, confidential information.
Trump’s Lawyers Plead Immunity From the IRS to Avoid Congressional Scrutiny
Leaked IRS Data Shows Just How Much the Wealthy Are Ripping Us Off
For the past four decades, this country has slogged under a system promoting the discredited theory that if we give more tax breaks to rich people, they will generously dole out more to the rest of us, and the country will be more prosperous.
Trump Administration Says It Could Take 20 Weeks for Some to Receive Stimulus Checks
Americans won’t likely see direct payments from the coronavirus stimulus bill until April 13, and the Trump administration says it could take 20 weeks for all the checks to be mailed. The news comes via a Democratic memo from the House Ways and Means Committee obtained by CNN.
Treasury Sec Steven Mnuchin Announces April 15 ‘Tax Day’ Has Been Delayed
A number of reasonable changes to accommodate America’s new reality in dealing with the coronavirus crisis have been proposed and adopted by the federal government. Now, the deadline to file for taxes is one of them.
Calls Grow For The IRS Investigate The Trump Foundation For Crimes
A dozen public interest organizations are calling on the IRS to investigate the Trump Foundation for criminal violations of the US tax code.
Trump IRS Nominee Didn’t Disclose He Owns Trump Branded Properties
President Donald Trump’s new nominee to be in charge of the Internal Revenue Service improperly failed to disclose that he owns Trump branded properties during the due diligence process for his nomination. Trump has nominated tax lawyer Chuck Rettig to run the IRS, and according to a report in POLITICO, Rettig did not disclose his relationship with two Trump branded hotels as he was required to do.
Donald Trump, His Foundation and Florida’s Attorney General Epitomize Corruption
The media refuses shine a light on real corruption of Trump’s foundation, or report that he admitted guilt in using his foundation illegally.
Paul Ryan Brags Up GOP Priorities – Not the Middle Class, But Big Oil and Corporations
Ryan says he wants to protect us from the overreach of intrusive government bureaucracies but he really wants to protect his corporate owners
Struggling To Stay Relevant, Rand Paul Takes Chainsaw To US Tax Code
Presidential hopeful Kentucky Senator Rand Paul released a video of him carving up pages of the tax code with a chainsaw.
Right-Wing Clergy Are Violating the Law With Impunity Right Up To Election Day
It is no great shock, then, that the religious right, staunch supporters of corrupt Republicans, are blatantly violating the law right up till Election Day and daring anyone to stop them because they know no-one will.
Bernie Sanders Sends Shudders Up Koch Spines By Explaining Why Republicans Attack The IRS
Sen Bernie Sanders exposed a dirty little secret that the Kochs and other conservative billionaires don't want you to know. The Republican attacks on the IRS are part of a deliberate strategy to help the Kochs buy our democracy.
Led by Darrell Issa, House Republicans Are Taking America Back to McCarthyism
This week, Issa took a page straight out of McCarthy's tactics and for the first time since the McCarthy era called for a vote to hold a witness in contempt for exercising her Constitutional 5th Amendment right.
Darrell Issa Desperately Tries to Unite the GOP Against Obama’s ‘Imperial Presidency’
Darrell Issa claimed he wanted to "shape" the debate, and in doing so, urged Republicans to unify against President Obama's "imperial presidency"
Free Speech Is an Unclear Concept to the Tea Party
Like most things including the second amendment, the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party has a special way of understanding those other provisions - especially the first amendment.
Republicans Complain About Incompetence After They’ve Spent Years Defunding the IRS
The IRS is tasked with collecting taxes to fund services all Americans depend on, but they can't properly do their jobs because funding cuts have left them understaffed and impotent.
Mitt Flipped-Flopped At the Debate, but Jim Lehrer was the Biggest Loser
Obama wasn't on his game, as he looked down a lot and didn't speak eloquently like he normally would. Romney seized the opportunity and won. So who is to blame? Jim Lehrer, the moderator.