26 USC § 7217(a) and (d): When Tangerine 2.0 Is Dumber Than A Bag Of... Rocks -- Harvard's Tax Status Is Safe.

As of this Saturday mid-day, the Trump [mal-]administration is little more than a mobsters'-clown-show. I'll link only one of the now endless news reports -- and Trump's own writings -- in which he's threatened Harvard's tax-exempt stauts, overtly.

Harvard's tax exempt status is now completely safe, largely because Trump is too stupid to avoid expressly violating a 1999 law making it a crime to try to politicize the IRS's work. See this, at 26 USC § 7217(a) and (d):

. . .(a) It shall be unlawful for [the US President, or almost any other governmental official] to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer. . . .

(d)Penalty

Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution. . . .

No -- I do not think he will go to jail over this latest felony, but the IRS will lose, and lose completely, if it takes any action against Harvard, now that Trump has intentionally violated 26 USC § 7217(a) and (d). He's a. . . soulless putz.

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