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Worth restating why Neal's request clearly satisfies legitimate-purpose standard:
-IRS acknowledges risk of pro-president bias in audits; thus follows special procedure for auditing president's returns
-Hasn't applied procedure to Trump's 2009-2016 returns (still under audit) 1/
-IRS acknowledges risk of pro-president bias in audits; thus follows special procedure for auditing president's returns
-Hasn't applied procedure to Trump's 2009-2016 returns (still under audit) 1/
-Also hasn't applied procedure to returns filed by Trump-controlled businesses & trusts
-All this notw/standing the fact that the IRS recognizes the risk of bias in its audits of president's returns 2/
-All this notw/standing the fact that the IRS recognizes the risk of bias in its audits of president's returns 2/
-Ways & Means has oversight authority over IRS & tax system more generally
-Whether president is paying his taxes is important to overall tax morale
-Only way to verify that IRS is auditing president fairly & rigorously is for W&M to look at returns + associated workfiles 3/
-Whether president is paying his taxes is important to overall tax morale
-Only way to verify that IRS is auditing president fairly & rigorously is for W&M to look at returns + associated workfiles 3/
-This ≠ Ways & Means doing IRS's job. This = W&M verifying that the IRS is doing its own job
-& if anyone doubted that president is influencing tax administration in his favor, fact that Mnuchin won't let the IRS comply w/Neal's §6103(f) request should erase that doubt 4/4
-& if anyone doubted that president is influencing tax administration in his favor, fact that Mnuchin won't let the IRS comply w/Neal's §6103(f) request should erase that doubt 4/4
