investments, financial activities, businesses, tax returns.unless there's something more than say, collusion. unless they have something that really is serious. they have nothing. nothing. these policetactics there and w expected of our friends.why? franklin useused this. and they tried to destroy mellon. the problem was melon was wealthy and paid his taxes. fdr wanted to put them in prison, he ordered the treasury secretary to do exactly that. andrew mellon was hounded by the irs for years. an innocent man. and they knew he was innocent. while that he we long? fdr did not much like him because they thought he was flanking him on the left.