special set of rules. donald trump has operated as if he was exempt from law for a long time. now he s finally being held to account. the top of the economy, or the top of an administration as well. congressman, thank you so much. and please get home safely to michigan. it s going to be cold. it was nice talking to you. i want to turn now to cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju, and someone who s been reporting on donald trump s finances for not years, but decades, everyone, david cay johnston is here. he s a lecturer at syracuse law school. manu, let me begin with you. because you have been going through this report and i understand speaker pelosi has put out a statement. what did she say? she indicated they plan to move on legislation in response to the report, in response to this investigation by the ways and means committee that found that mandatory presidential audit program under the irs had not moved forward. in the words of the committee, it was, quote, dormant d
enforcing the tax laws on the president of the united states. the presidents returns are complex and raise a lot of questions. the president that i want to avoid is congress saying, to add, he s the president. there is one set of rules for people like him and another set of rules for the hundreds of thousands of americans, who for no other reason than getting a child tax credit, are facing an audit by the irs. that is a precedent we we don t want to enforce and reinforce this precedent that the people the very top of the economy have their own special set of rules. donald trump has operated as if he was exempt from law for a long time. now he s finally being held to account. the top of the economy, or the top of the administration as well. congressman, thank you so much. and please get home safely to michigan. it s going to be cold. it was nice talking to you. i want to turn out his cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju, and someone who s been reporting on donald trump s
there s something going on. the irs is not doing its job. the president s returns are complex and raise a lot of questions. the precedent that i want to avoid is congress saying, meh, too bad. he s the president. there s one set of rules for people like him and another set of rules for the hundreds of thousands of americans who for no other reason other than getting a child tax credit are facing an audit by the irs. that is a precedent we don t we don t want to enforce and reinforce this precedent that people at the very top of the economy have their own special set of rules. donald trump has operated as if he was exempt. finally he s being held to account. the biden administration is asking the supreme court to end the trump era pandemic policy from restricting migrants from entering the u.s. but not for at least a week.