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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/nyregion/trump-tax-returns-cy-vance.html

[quote]State prosecutors in Manhattan have subpoenaed President Trump’s accounting firm to demand eight years of his personal and corporate tax returns, according to several people with knowledge of the matter.

The subpoena opens a new front in a wide-ranging effort to obtain copies of the president’s tax returns, which Mr. Trump initially said he would make public during the 2016 campaign but has since refused to disclose.

The subpoena was issued by the Manhattan district attorney’s office late last month, soon after it opened a criminal investigation into the role that the president and his family business played in hush-money payments made in the run-up to the election.

Both Mr. Trump and his company reimbursed Michael D. Cohen, the president’s former lawyer and fixer, for money Mr. Cohen paid to buy the silence of Stormy Daniels, a pornographic film actress who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump. The president has denied the affair.

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It was unclear if the broad scope of the subpoena indicated that the office had expanded its investigation beyond actions taken during the 2016 campaign. A spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., declined to comment.

The state prosecutors are seeking a range of tax documents from the accounting firm, Mazars USA, including Mr. Trump’s personal returns and those of his business, the Trump Organization. The subpoena seeks federal and state returns for both the president and the company dating back to 2011, the people said.

The investigation by Mr. Vance has been focused on $130,000 that Mr. Cohen paid Ms. Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, just before the election. Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty last year to breaking federal campaign finance laws and received a three-year prison sentence.

While the federal prosecutors who charged Mr. Cohen stated in a court filing in July that they had “effectively concluded” their inquiry into possible crimes committed by the company or its executives, Mr. Vance’s office is exploring whether the reimbursements violated any New York state laws.

In particular, the state prosecutors are examining whether the company falsely accounted for the reimbursements as a legal expense. In New York, filing a false business record can be a crime.[/quote]

I'm sure it's nothing. If there were anything to hide Trump wouldn't have already presented his tax returns for the public to see. He'd have been much more secretive and come up with all kinds of bizarre excuses for why he couldn't do the thing that all candidates always do. And jeez, he never lies about his finances or financial transactions and there's nothing shady in his business life so obviously even if he were weirdly secretive it seems clear there'd be nothing to hide.

What a nothingburger right?![/quote]

Why isn't there a push in Congress to require public review of candidates and politicians tax returns?

Congress used to have the stock act, but then exempted themselves from the very legislation that was intended to inform the public of their interests.[/quote]

There is already a law that that House can demand anyone’s federal tax returns. The House has already requested them, but Dept of Treasury refuses to fulfill the request.

At this point, the House needs to create its own jail and police force, to begin enforcing subpoenas. [/quote]

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