i think jeffrey is right. clearly chairman neil has been attempting to go really slowly and methodically. that said there s a point that the writing has been on the wall from the very beginning. the president said we re not complying with subpoenas. if they get the tax return information, it won t become public. this entitles the committee to examine the tax filings privately within the committee. that does leave some bread crumbs for other forms of oversight and are allowed the talk about whether they have seen abuse. it will be a long, drawn out process in the courts. right. even though it gives the right to have these documents furnished to them on request, the fact that the trump administration is stone walling, secretary mnuchin, the would you
violated our standards of conduct will be held accountabl accountable. in addition to that own internal investigation that has been launched, those congressional delegates contain they too will conduct a probe not into that social media account, just by itself, but also based on what they claim to have seen at that migrant holding center yesterday. mike. casey stegall live in dallas, thanks a lot. a house committee has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking president trump s tax returns. at the ways and means committee says it does not have to explain its reasons for seeking his tax information. it says that administration has defied a subpoena for the documents in order to shield president trump s tax return information from congressional scrutiny. the white house says the committee has no legitimate legislative purpose for which it can demand the president s tax returns. stocks were in the green today. the dow gained 69, the s&p 500 finished ahead of 9 for a new
passed it on to the chief counsel and the chief counsel would have the request and assign it to a division of attorneys to work on it. they respond to this question in a memo from the treasury secretary. and this is what they re writing and research would show. there s a very well-written opinion and i think it s really on point. there is no need for legislative authority for them requesting this tax return information. we ll see how that holds up in court. bill, thanks for coming on. jeff stein, good to see you from washington post. how the cookie crumbled for ben carson in a moment that has now gone viral involving oreos and what it says about how he s running a critical administration agency. are you familiar with what it is? with what?
this turning returns over to the congressional tax writing committees. the tax writing committees by statute and constitutional powers are entitled to request tax returns and tax return information. and it shall be turned over, according to the statute that they re asking and requesting this information. if the president evokes executive privilege, does he have a legal leg to stand on? i don t think so. executive privilege to policies and actions that say the president is going to take in discussions with one of his cabinet members about policy or whether they re going to take particular action in dealing with something in the government. it does not apply to his tax returns being turned over to the tax writing committee. jeff, you re also pointing out in your piece this morning as we said at the top of this segment that it does represent the memo, a real division inside the trump administration. explain that and how it might play out. the core of the distinction
some crime otherwise he couldn t have gotten elected so let s sco ur the earth, and that s like a general warrant and there s a good reason why we have a constitutional prohibition. and he is a citizen. that s right. so the bill of rights applies to citizen trump too. well it does as does the tax code that says your private tax return is confidential. now the congress has in the statutes the authority for the ways and means committee and the house and the similar committee in the senate to request tax returns and generally, on a broad basis to make sure that there s not any monkey business going on with the irs selects people for audit. if any individual tax return information is disclosed to those committees in that process it absolutely has to be kept confidential. let me emphasize this. that was intended to protect taxpayers from the irs. right. in other words, so the irs isn t targeting certain groups, based on the religion, certain