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Rep. Rashida Tlaib told Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin that, as an attorney, she "would be remiss" if she did not counsel him to seek "personal legal advice" for his role in a Trump administration "cover-up."
The Michigan Democrat advised the Cabinet member to lawyer up during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. Several other Democrats had asked Mnuchin about his refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena for six years worth of President Donald Trump's tax returns and about an IRS memo that appeared to contradict Mnuchin's reason for ignoring the subpoena.
Munchin said the Justice Department advised him that he was "not violating the law" and, "quite the contrary," turning over the tax returns would itself be "unlawful."
"The cover-up by this administration, it goes beyond just providing the taxes," Tlaib told Mnuchin at the end of her questioning. "You can consult the Department of Justice but you, personally, making decisions not on the best part of the American people, but to cover up the occupant of the White House I think you need to be very, very clear about what your role is and what your responsibility is to the American people."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/05/22/cover-up-rashida-tlaib-tells-steve-mnuchin-get-personal-attorney/3768235002/
elleng
(131,466 posts)I LOVE this Freshman class!
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)your headline!
Thank you!! I love this article!!
I'm still smiling, especially since I saw the look on Mnuchin's face as he was listening to her.
fierywoman
(7,709 posts)run to the bathroom ASAP.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)like he'd pissed himself. One good threat to his pocketbook and he's out.
mia
(8,363 posts)SunSeeker
(51,838 posts)She gets attacked viciously but just lets it roll off her back and keeps on kicking Republicans' ass.
not fooled
(5,807 posts)ends up like one of those cobras.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)Hotler
(11,494 posts)world wide wally
(21,762 posts)gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)triron
(22,031 posts)gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)Then he will fold.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Blue Owl
(50,609 posts)n/t
erronis
(15,488 posts)She doesn't look like the type that will wait around for an ugly mug like his to get out of jail.
A girl just wants to have fun!
not fooled
(5,807 posts)she probably would be relieved not having to be around him. Assuming she has no sense of shame, which is a pretty good bet.
dchill
(38,642 posts)jalan48
(13,921 posts)TomSlick
(11,154 posts)Reliance on the advice of the DoJ will be a poor defense to potential charges.
sop
(10,308 posts)Everything the man touches turns to shit. The longer people remain in contact with Trump, the more their lives become a pile of shit. I almost feel sorry for Mnuchin.
sprinkleeninow
(20,272 posts)LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)You Go Girl!!! S.E. Michigan Truly LOVES YA!!!
alwaysinasnit
(5,085 posts)person who advised him that he wouldn't be breaking the law by not turning over the requested documents.
yaesu
(8,020 posts), corporation to thumb its nose at the letter of the law, precedence is being set, IRS, EPA, FDA, ect... are all being made impotent.
Gothmog
(146,050 posts)Last edited Thu May 23, 2019, 01:13 AM - Edit history (1)
Mnunchin is facing some possible jail time for his actions
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)There is a bus just idling out side the windows of the Oval Office for them to be thrown under by the Cretin, that oh, shitlook will be frozen on their faces.
The Cretin is loyal to no one but himself. He serves no one but himself.
They are all expendable. They are all fodder for his ego.
Gothmog
(146,050 posts)burrowowl
(17,657 posts)We got ourselves some smart women in congress!
Kablooie
(18,648 posts)I sure hope Barr needs legal,advice too.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)All the rethugs have are a bunch of old white men with sticks up their asses. Wonder what they REALLY think of this freshman class?
She just took Munchkin to the woodshed.
The Dem women we have are phenomenal! Proud to have her represent Michigan.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)If so, I see she is going more non religious by not wearing the scarf.
I can respect her choice of not giving the bigots any ammo.
Listen to my words, not my choice of wardrobe.
Go girl!!
mia
(8,363 posts)She was born in Detroit, MI (1976) and is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants.
The Detroit Free Press reported that, although she recognizes that some in her faith community consider her not "Muslim enough", she believes that "Allah understands" and "knows that I am giving back and doing things that I think are reflective of Islam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashida_Tlaib
Don't let anything slow you down!
Trueblue Texan
(2,454 posts)I just loooooooved the look on "Steve's" face when she told him to seek his own legal counsel. He knows he's in deep shit! HA HA!!! More of THIS!