This duty to report is crucial: even if the President can evade the law (thanks to the Sup Ct), the Trump henchmen at the IRS are still required to report having received such requests. If they haven't done so, they face 5 years in prison and a $5000 fine.
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Lily Batchelder
For more details on the law, see this Tax Law Center post. Overwhelming bipartisan majorities in Congress have enacted laws making it a crime for the President and his staff to request an audit or investigation of a particular taxpayer. 3/3 taxlawcenter.org/blog/irs-sta...
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