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Saturday 15 June 2019

U.S. Naval War

College is getting its

1st female president

to be innovative and act
with urgency.
Shortly afterward, he re-
leased the announcement
about the school’s new
leadership.
Chatfield served as com-
mander of a provincial
reconstruction team in Af-
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to media at the venue of G20 Finance Minister and ghanistan in 2008 and as
Central Bank Governors Meeting Saturday, June 8, 2019, in Fukuoka, western Japan. an assistant professor of po-
Associated Press litical science at the United
Justice backs Mnuchin’s refusal This image released by the States Air Force Academy
from 2001 to 2004. She as-
to turn over Trump’s taxes U.S. Navy shows Rear Adm. sumed command in Guam,
Shoshana Chatfield.
of Joint Region Marianas, in
Associated Press January 2017.
By MICHAEL BALSAMO dent, and obtaining them dent’s tax returns is likely to By JENNIFER McDERMOTT “She is the embodiment of
Associated Press would be a “necessary further tensions between Associated Press the type of warrior-scholar
The Justice Department is- piece” of the committee’s congressional Democrats PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A we need now to lead this
sued a legal opinion Friday work. and Attorney General Wil- helicopter pilot who heads storied institution as it edu-
finding that Treasury Sec- “The Chairman’s request liam Barr, whom they’ve a military command in cates our next generation
retary Steve Mnuchin was that Treasury turn over the accused of trying to stone- Guam will be the first fe- of leaders,” Spencer said in
right to withhold President President’s tax returns, for wall Congress’ constitution- male leader of the U.S. Na- the statement.
Donald Trump’s tax returns the apparent purpose al oversight power. val War College, the Navy Both Spencer and Adm.
from a House committee of making them public, The House Judiciary Com- announced Friday, days John Richardson, the chief
that subpoenaed them. amounted to an unprece- mittee voted last month to after removing the college of naval operations, were
The House Ways and Means dented use of the Commit- hold Barr in contempt after president who came under involved in picking Chat-
Committee subpoenaed tee’s authority and raised he failed to comply with a investigation over ques- field.
six years of Trump’s tax re- a serious risk of abuse,” the subpoena for an unredact- tionable behavior. The AP reported Harley
turns in May, but the Trea- opinion said. ed version of special coun- Rear Adm. Shoshana was under investigation
sury Department refused to Democrats sought Trump’s sel Robert Mueller’s report Chatfield will be the new for allegedly spending ex-
provide the documents. tax returns under a 1924 law on the Russia investigation president, Navy Secretary cessively, abusing his hir-
At the time, Mnuchin said that directs the IRS to fur- and underlying investiga- Richard Spencer said in a ing authority and otherwise
the request lacked a “legit- nish such information when tive records. statement released after behaving inappropriately,
imate legislative purpose.” requested to the chairs of Earlier this week, the House the school’s graduation including keeping a mar-
The 33-page opinion from Congress’ tax-writing com- Oversight Committee vot- ceremony, calling her a garita machine in his office.
the Justice Department’s mittees. ed to hold Barr and Com- “historic choice.” Richardson told the AP
Office of Legal Counsel ar- Besides Trump, every presi- merce Secretary Wilbur Rear Adm. Jeffrey Harley that though the investiga-
gues that the committee’s dent since Richard Nixon Ross in contempt for failing was removed as the col- tion into Harley isn’t yet
chairman, Rep. Richard has made his tax returns to comply with subpoenas lege’s president Monday complete, he felt he had
Neal, D-Mass., wanted to public. for documents related to a after The Associated Press enough information to war-
make the president’s tax A spokeswoman for the decision adding a citizen- reported he was under in- rant removing Harley this
returns public and because House Ways and Means ship question to the 2020 vestigation and more than week.
of that plan, the request Committee said the legal census. a year after the initial com- A small group of longtime
was not to carry out a legiti- opinion was still being re- Sen. Ron Wyden, the top plaint was filed. college employees filed
mate legislative function. viewed and declined to Democrat on the Senate Fi- Spencer was at the post- an anonymous complaint
But Neal has said the law comment further. nance Committee, said the graduate institution in New- about Harley in April 2018
is clear the information Representatives for the opinion “reads like it was port, Rhode Island, on Fri- with the Navy’s office of
must be released to Con- Treasury Department did written by Donald Trump’s day for graduation. About the inspector general. The
gress, the documents were not immediately respond personal lawyer” and said 550 students crossed the group contacted the in-
sought to aid a committee to a request for comment. it “further reflects Attorney stage, and about 1,000 stu- spector general again in
investigation into whether The Justice Department’s General Barr’s willingness dents graduated from the January with additional al-
the IRS is doing its job prop- backing of Treasury’s re- to protect the president at distance learning program. legations of Harley flouting
erly to audit a sitting presi- fusal to provide the presi- all costs.”q Spencer challenged them Navy rules and norms. q