Thread by @kurteichenwald

1. As @RepRichardNeal works to obtain Trump taxes, there is one thing his Ways and Means Committee should subpoena NOW - all notifications of audit from the IRS to Trump. Trump keeps claiming he is under the longest audit in history, dating back way past the time the law allows..

@RepRichardNeal 2...in other words, I have no doubt that this claim of an endless audit, taking longer than legally possible, is an abject lie. However, it is easy to determine: The IRS is required by law to send every subject of an audit a letter notifying them of audit. @RepRichardNeal can...

@RepRichardNeal 3...obtain this quite easily with a subpoena to the IRS - there is no privacy issue in play here, because the audit notification discloses nothing. It is essentially a form letter that would confirm Trump's claim - unless, as I am sure, he is lying about how far back and how....

@RepRichardNeal 4...long his taxes have been under audit. But, let's take the president at his word. Trump is essentially saying the IRS is violating the law through an endless audit. @RepRichardNeal and the @WaysMeansCmte have the right to investigate this (probably false) abuse of power....

@RepRichardNeal @WaysMeansCmte 5...by the IRS. So, first, @RepRichardNeal and @WaysMeansCmte should request all notice of audits from Trump because, gee, the president is being harassed by the IRS which is going outside the limits of law. And if - a miracle - Trump produces them, next step: Demand IRS....

@RepRichardNeal @WaysMeansCmte 6...notify the committee through documentation whether any audits are continuing and what years have cleared audit - for no reason, of course, than to determine whether the IRS is harassing the president outside legal restrictions, for some reason. Then, as a separate request....

@RepRichardNeal @WaysMeansCmte 7...demand all of Trump's tax records that are currently NOT under audit, whatever year that is, and subpoena all documents related to any previous audits from IRS.

Bottom line: Trump has put this line of inquiry in play. @RepRichardNeal and @WaysMeansCmte have the absolute...

@RepRichardNeal @WaysMeansCmte 8...responsibility to determine if the IRS is harassing the president of the united states, which Trump is claiming through his "endless audit forever, going back longer than the law allows" claim.

And if, as expected, there is no endless audit covering decades, @WaysMeansCmte..

@RepRichardNeal @WaysMeansCmte 9...needs to hold a hearing to question the IRS commissioner why they have refused to confirm to Trump that he is not under audit for many years.

And when IRS commissioner answers truthfully - the world can start digging in on why Trump is lying and what he is hiding.