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so federal law says that the Ways and
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Means Committee in Congress is allowed
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to see anybody's tax returns that they
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want to even the president it is
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black-letter clear law it's not legally
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controversial there's plenty of
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precedent to support it even getting the
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president's tax returns that way it's
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been that way forever it's been that way
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for like a century well a few months ago
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in April Democrats in the house decided
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that they would use that power the
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chairman of that committee the Ways and
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Means Committee Massachusetts
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congressman Richie Neal told the
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Treasury Department that he was going to
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invoke that authority and he therefore
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requested from the Treasury Department
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six years of president Trump's tax
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returns
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chairman Neal set a deadline for them to
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respond and then another deadline and
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Treasury doesn't believe right through
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them so then the House Democrats decided
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they would subpoena the Treasury
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Department to get the president's tax
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returns Treasury basically blew that off
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too in response last month the committee
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filed a federal lawsuit to enforce the
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subpoena and ever since that case has
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been sort of clunking clunking along
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slowly slowly bump it up it up until
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this week suddenly there was like this
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confetti canon of new activity new
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filings rich emails committee asked the
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judge for expedited consideration and a
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summary judgment because quote there are
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no genuine issues of material fact at
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issue in this case on the other side of
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it the Trump Justice Department told the
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judge to go slow not fast they're
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claiming that there are complex
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constitutional issues at stake they told
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the judge this week there's no reason to
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bring these proceedings to a gallop this
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is a horse that would prefer to trot and
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go very slow so this is a case as I say
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it's been plotting along you know
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methodically moving its way all of a
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sudden this week though there's been a
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ton of action in this case and a ton of
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paper literally a ton of paper for the
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motion from Congress this week the one
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that asked the judge to go ahead and
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rule asked for a summary judgment there
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were 54 different attachments filed to
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that motion and I like a jerk decided I
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would print them all out which was a bad
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move
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except turns out tucked in there if you
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read enough of them you eventually get
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to exhibit QQ so you have to use
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alphabet letters twice once you get past
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20 minutes
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it's a exhibit QQ is a letter from Ways
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and Means chairman Richie Neal to
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Treasury secretary Stephen Venusian dear
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secretary minutiae
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on July 29th 2019 the committee received
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an unsolicited the word unsolicited is
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underlined an unsolicited communication
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from a federal employee setting forth
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credible allegations of evidence of
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possible misconduct specifically
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potential inappropriate efforts to
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influence the mandatory audit program
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meaning the mandatory program that
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requires the audit of the income tax
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returns of a sitting president so what
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the committee is saying here is that
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they didn't ask for it but a
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whistleblower came forward to them from
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inside the government to give them
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information to give them credible
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allegations of something having to do
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with the way the IRS is handling Trump's
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taxes and the audit of trumps taxes this
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whistleblower has come forward according
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to the committee with evidence of
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possible misconduct related to
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inappropriate efforts to influence the
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audit of President Trump's taxes back to
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the letter quote in light of the serious
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and urgent concerns raised by this new
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information I have requested a rolling
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production of certain documents and
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communications of specified Treasury and
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IRS employees thank you in advance for
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your prompt attempt to attention to this
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matter so it's kind of amazing in this
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news environment I mean this is the only
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exhibit QQ this is the only thing we
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have seen about this ever right I mean
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the issue of President Trump not handing
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over his tax returns the first president
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since Watergate to not hand over his
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taxes I mean that's one of the highest
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profile and longest standing
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controversies about him as a politician
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but it's being pursued as an oversight
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matter in the house now by one of the
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quietest and lowest key committee
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chairmen Ritchie Neal of Massachusetts
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is not on television ever for a reason
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he likes to do this all very very
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quietly very very methodically and so
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here's this eyebrow-raising claim
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a whistleblower has come to the
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committee with credible allegations that
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have there have been inappropriate
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efforts to influence the auditing of the
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president's taxes and it is buried
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literally as exhibit QQ among 51 other
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attachments to an unheralded court
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filing that they didn't even put out a
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press release about now we really don't
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know what this is about we don't know
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what this whistleblower has alleged and
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we don't know what these according to
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the committee credible allegations are
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we don't know what this whistleblower
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says has been the inappropriate effort
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to influence the audit of trumps taxes
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we don't know but the judge in this case
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may find out soon if you go down into
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the footnotes quote the committee is
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prepared to submit to the court the
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materials that led to Chairman Neal's
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request so you know just another day in
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the president's finances now it's a
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federal judge being offered information
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from a congressional committee about an
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unsolicited whistleblower who has come
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forward with credible credible
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allegations of inappropriate efforts to
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influence the handling of the
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president's tax audit inside the IRS so
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that is now on the burner and now
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tomorrow first thing tomorrow morning
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another pot is about to come to a boil
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and that story is next with our guest
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Tish James the Attorney General of the
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state of New York stay with us
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