square. the language of this statute is plain. it says that the treasury department shall provide. it doesn t require any sort of awe legitimate purpose. i doesn t even rur good faith. this is a surprising decision to me frankly even when under the trump administration the tax returns were withheld. it is mandatory and not subject to interpretation. olc is correcting an error. i suppose that might open the question about whether olc will be reconsidering any other previously issued memos. most notably, the inability of doj prosecutors to prosecute a sitting president. whether or not it was operating in true independence factoring the trump era. of you ve been covering donald trump s financial errors. how big of a deal is this move? well, i think it s very important first of all the principle be upheld. of the 1924 abty corruption law.
joyce vance, professor at the alabama school of law. she is an msnbc legal analyst and david k. johnston, founder of dcreport.org. let s begin before we delve into a point that pete williams raise you had. the flip of the justice department revising the decision from 2019 to say that there is now awe legal purpose. it doesn t have to be simply legislative purpose in terms of why the tax returns should be handed over to this committee. is that a common practice or could a krit uk say that is because there is a leadership change or a political change and the department of justice under trump. they want to protect him. now it s different. i would expect that there were some criticism of this move by olc, the office of legal counsel. in reality this one is fair and