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Scott Bessent: “President's rights under 6103 of the IRS code was violated…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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'What Goes Around Comes Around': Whitehouse Blasts Scott Bessent For 'Dodging Questions' On IRS Leak

Published | Video Starts at 05:27

When every president since Nixon released their taxes and he had promised to, did anybody analyze whether there was actually any harm at all to him in those circumstances? So there was a crime. President's rights under 6103 of the IRS code was violated. And equally as important, 400,000 taxpayers had that right violated. including every employee of the Trump administration, the housekeepers at Doral, the greenskeepers, the cashiers. And you're welcome to all of that. But it doesn't answer the question of whether the president actually suffered harm. (05:27–05:39)

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Asserts that the IRS code 6103 rights of the President and 400,000 taxpayers were violated.

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