This is a big deal.
Republican Senators seeking to boost the underhanded scheme against the President's political opponents that got him impeached sought confidential information from the Treasury Department.
The Treasury Department has reportedly given them information. 1/
Republican Senators seeking to boost the underhanded scheme against the President's political opponents that got him impeached sought confidential information from the Treasury Department.
The Treasury Department has reportedly given them information. 1/
The confidentiality of the FinCEN information furnished to Senate Republicans by the Treasury Department, clearly intended to harm the President's political opponent, is protected by law.
Their intentions are obvious, and they are nefarious. 2/
Their intentions are obvious, and they are nefarious. 2/
The Treasury Dept. is also refusing to obey the law which requires them to give Trump's tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, on which I serve.
They have no legal justification, but claim it would violate Trump's privacy. Clearly they care "deeply" about privacy. 3/
They have no legal justification, but claim it would violate Trump's privacy. Clearly they care "deeply" about privacy. 3/
The also Trump Administration refused to give Congress thousands of documents which would reveal what happened to Ukraine aid.
Their stonewalling is illegal, and the fact that they were willing to comply Senate Republicans' document requests puts the lie to their excuses. 4/
Their stonewalling is illegal, and the fact that they were willing to comply Senate Republicans' document requests puts the lie to their excuses. 4/
The Trump Administration is historically corrupt, and engaged in unprecedented obstruction of the American people's elected representatives. These actions make it clear that their obstruction is political.
The abuses of power will continue — we must be vigilant to stop them. 5/5
The abuses of power will continue — we must be vigilant to stop them. 5/5
