那笼罩在川普头顶的乌云是否因巴尔的这个四页概括就从此完全消散,万事大吉?Not so fast. 该报告的正式公布将会给公众提供更多,更全面、更准确的信息,届时川普的所有不当行为都可能会被曝光(曝光程度取决于国会与司法部的博弈结果)。而且,纽约南区法院对川普的竞选财务案的调查仍在进行,不能排除川普本人,家人,及高级商业合伙人被起诉的可能性。川普要想避开这一风险,竞选连任是个比较好的策略。因为许多联邦犯罪都只有五年的诉讼时效,一旦他连任成功,就又有了一个金钟罩。不过,也有一些律师认为,公平起见,这个诉讼时效不应适用于总统。川普就职典礼的资金使用不当是另一个问题。此外,国会近日已正式致函国税局,要求它们在四月十号前提供川普过去六年的个人及公司纳税记录。对此,川普回避回答他是否会公开他的税表。只是说,议员们得与他的律师谈,与总检察长谈。如果国税局拒绝(非常可能),那国会将会发出传票,直至法庭上见。这是川普将面临的另一场战斗。
the president’s advisers — including his lawyers, a team at the Republican National Committee, and pro-Trump outside groups — are gearing up to pore over and respond to the report. Trump attorney Jay Sekulow has a team of a half dozen attorneys and staffers in place, each assigned to a particular section of the report in order to be able to push back quickly.Along with Sekulow, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani — who has recently maintained a relatively low profile— will also play a lead public role in responding to the report, according to a person familiar with the plans.
她没事的话,要柯米或迈克比愿意为她背黑锅! 柯米还不知道,迈可比是肯定不愿背黑锅的,他在被解雇前就放话了,他如果拿不到退休金被解雇的话,he will bring every down with him, 他说这话还寄希望有人会pull some string to save him, too bad it didn't happen. 还是那句老话, wait and see, it's America, if some break the law soon or late he/she will pay!
TRUMP: "As you know, I got elected last time with this same issue. ... I would love to give them, but I'm not going to do it while I'm under audit." — remarks Wednesday to reporters at the White House.
THE FACTS: Nothing's preventing Trump from releasing his tax returns.
Being under audit is no legal bar to anyone releasing his or her returns.
Asked repeatedly at a House hearing Tuesday whether any regulation prohibited a taxpayer from disclosing returns when under audit, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig responded "no."
Trump declined to provide his tax information as a candidate in 2016 and as president, something party nominees have traditionally done in the name of the transparency. By withholding his tax returns, Trump has not followed the standard followed by presidents since Richard Nixon started the practice in 1969. During the campaign, Trump said he wanted to release his returns but because he was under a routine audit, "I can't."
After the November midterm elections, Trump claimed at a news conference that the filings are too complex for people to understand.