Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a contractor with the Internal Revenue Service who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high-ranking government official. A source familiar with the matter told CNN that official is former President Donald Trump.
It’s interesting in this case, this man did the morally right thing, but it was illegal.
And we can compare that with Trump, who was doing the morally wrong, but legal, thing by refusing to show his tax forms. And Trump also continued to do the immoral thing after the leak, by lying and saying they weren’t his actual tax forms.
It’s interesting in this case, this man did the morally right thing, but it was illegal.
And we can compare that with Trump, who was doing the morally wrong, but legal, thing by refusing to show his tax forms. And Trump also continued to do the immoral thing after the leak, by lying and saying they weren’t his actual tax forms.
Reminds of a quote I thought was attributed to Jefferson “If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.” Turns out it isn’t his, but I think it’s still valid.