>>>the only reason not to release his taxes is because there is something to hide. If there was not -- he would release them.
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>I'm not sure I'd want my tax returns released.

Yeah well you're not running for the president of the USA either. There is a certain amount of anonymity you have to sacrifice to hold a public office - especially if you want to be president.

> I can't say for sure why he decided not to release his and IMHO it's wrong to come up with worst interpretations and then get all worked up about them.

You have to put this together with everything else though. And it's not good for a president to do something suspicious for no reason....nor does it make sense. I stress common sense here.

>>>They're working on a law right now that will fix this problem -- all presidents will have to release their tax info.
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>Fair enough. How do you think the likes of Trump (or more accurately his accountants) would respond to that?

I have not heard one thing from or about his tax accountants. And of course Trump is not going to like such a law - seeing how he doesn't want to release his taxes why would he support a law forcing him to do it? lol

>>>Was not a problem until Trump because everyone else did so.
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>I think Trump is very different from predecessors in numerous respects apart from his wide-ranging businesses.

Agreed. He has no political experience or abilities and is a lot dumber than them.

>>>In any event -- getting a hold of his taxes is called oversight (especially in this case) -- which is their job.
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>Congress is also forbidden by law from examining or making public the private tax returns of US citizens for political purposes.

There is a provision in the Internal Revenue Code, the chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee are authorized to request the president's -- or indeed anyone's -- tax returns from the IRS to conduct an investigation.

>Were I Trump, I'd go all the way to the SCOTUS evidencing that Schiff is a leaker who cannot be relied upon to protect Trump's privacy, and that Congress can exercise its full oversight obligations via the IRS and standard civil service reporting provisions with which Trump has cooperated fully.

That is a moon shoot I think though. And Trump has not cooperated fully in many aspects -- note that he did not sit down with Muller and instead demanded written questions and has said that he will refuse to answer any followup questions, written or otherwise.