trying to make the most perfect union we can. do you need that full house of representatives to formally vote to begin an impeachment inquiry? i do not believe so. i think that is up to the committee chair, specifically the chairman of judiciary. i don t think that nancy pelosi as our speaker will move aggressively until we get to a working majority at least among the democrats. i was glad to have justin amash on board. we certainly like to get more republicans who are aghast at the president s behavior and the crimes he s done in the past and his divisiveness to come on board with us. you serve on the ways and means committee, congressman. you filed a lawsuit to get the president s tax returns. now his lawyers are asking a d.c. federal court to blockhouse democrats from getting his state tax returns. but your committee hasn t gone that route. so how do you interpret this move by the president? i think he s afraid. my understanding is that new
all right. so and it is truly insane. you re the lawyer here. that was my amateur diagnosis. as a legal phrase, truly insane. yes, truly insane. so you ve got the law says, you know, the irs shall provide any of the returns the ways and means committee asks for. they asked for that. the government is saying no. so they re in court about that. then they subpoenaed. so there is a case about that. and then new york state said you know, we just passed a law. you can have the state tax returns. trump sued them. and one of the arguments preemptively, i might add. preemptively because it hasn t been turned over. one of the arguments this is unlawful violation of his first amendment rights, that it s retaliation and discrimination in violation of the first amendment, that it singles out president trump because he is a republican. because of his policy positions, his political beliefs and protected speech including the positions he took during the 2016 campaign. this entire ar
the funny thing is that speech wasn t about watergate or the watergate break-in. it was about his personal tax returns. and unlike trump, nixon ended up releasing his taxes. and not only that, when congress sent the irs request for nixon s returns in 1973, the agency turned them over on the same day, according to letters released by house democrats yesterday showing that contrary to the current treasury secretary claim, the current congressional request for trump s taxes is unprecedented. it is not unprecedented for a congress to request a president s tax returns. nor is it unprecedented for the irs to provide them. the house ways and means committee has asked for the president s tax returns under clear statutory authority and under subpoena. they re try two ways to get them. and amid continued stonewalling from the federal government, new york state passed a law allowing congress to get the president s state tax returns. well, trump s personal lawyers are now suing to prevent that fro
all right. so and it is truly insane. you re the lawyer here. that was my amateur diagnosis. as a legal phrase, truly insane. yes, truly insane. so you ve got the law says, you know, the irs shall provide any of the returns the ways and means committee asks for. they asked for that. the government is saying no. so they re in court about that. then they subpoenaed. so there is a case about that. and then new york state said you know, we just passed a law. you can have the state tax returns. trump sued them. and one of the arguments preemptively, i might add. preemptively because it hasn t been turned over. one of the arguments this is unlawful violation of his first amendment rights, that it s retaliation and discrimination in violation of the first amendment, that it singles out president trump because he is a republican. because of his policy positions, his political beliefs and protected speech including the positions he took during the 2016 campaign. this entire ar
it was about his personal tax returns. and unlike trump, nixon ended up releasing his taxes. and not only that, when congress sent the irs request for nixon s returns in 1973, the agency turned them over on the same day, according to letters released by house democrats yesterday showing that contrary to the current treasury secretary claim, the current congressional request for trump s taxes is unprecedented. it is not unprecedented for a congress to request a president s tax returns. nor is it unprecedented for the irs to provide them. the house ways and means committee has asked for the president s tax returns under clear statutory authority and under subpoena. they re try two ways to get them. and amid continued stonewalling from the federal government, new york state passed a law allowing congress to get the president s state tax returns. well, trump s personal lawyers are now suing to prevent that from happening using a truly insane to my mind legal theory. here to explain the nic