Blumenthal: The Senate Should ‘Most Certainly’ Investigate Trump’s ‘Tax Fraud and Evasion’

‘The Senate should most certainly be investigating this potential tax fraud and evasion’

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BLUMENTHAL: "The Senate should most certainly be investigating this potential tax fraud and evasion. The amount of taxes that were due in the range of $500 million actually were cut to $50 million through a scheme and intertwined, elaborate fraud potentially, allegedly here in 'The Times' articles, and the Senate should investigate. But even more importantly, the Congress should make sure that the IRS has resources. You know, John, the IRS's budget for enforcement has been drastically cut over the last decade. The enforcement staff has been cut by one-third, so the numbers of cases both in criminal enforcement and auditing have been reduced. And that's one of the reasons why the Trump evasion scheme as described in 'The New York Times' article in exhaustive detail may never have been pursued." 

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