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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(124,176 posts)
Tue May 20, 2025, 07:52 PM May 20

Democratic senator says he has recordings of favors 'promised' by Trump's IRS pick

Source: The Hill

Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said Tuesday he has recordings of business associates of President Trump’s pick to lead the IRS, former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.), saying they expect to get favors from him once he is in office.

Wyden cited recordings of two instances of people saying they expect to receive favorable treatment from Long.

“Our staff investigators have on tape now, tax promoters saying you met with them at the inauguration and promised [them] a favorable private letter ruling,” Wyden said Tuesday during Long’s confirmation hearing in the Senate Finance Committee.

Long has worked as a tax credit promoter, an industry that pushed tax credits to businesses as the government sent out $5 trillion in rescue stimulus during the pandemic.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-senator-says-recordings-favors-191621321.html

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This message was self-deleted by its author turbinetree May 20 #1
There are 181 weeks until the next presidential election............. turbinetree May 20 #2
I can't make it vapor2 May 20 #3
My thinking is DENVERPOPS May 20 #4

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turbinetree

(26,180 posts)
2. There are 181 weeks until the next presidential election.............
Tue May 20, 2025, 08:35 PM
May 20

we need to take back the house and the senate...............end of story.............

DENVERPOPS

(12,524 posts)
4. My thinking is
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:19 PM
May 20

that we will be lucky to make it to the mid-term elections at the rate he is going.......

And all the Republican Politicians KNOW IT with the way things are going. They are busy figuring out ways to even further obliterate us sooner than previously planned.....Putin too..........

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