Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's refusal to comply with his lawful requests is unwarranted and not based on the law, write Michael Zeldin and David Axelrod for CNNOpinion
Michael Zeldin, a CNN legal analyst, has served as a federal prosecutor in the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice and was a special counsel to then-Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Robert Mueller. David Axelrod is a partner in the Columbus, Ohio, office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP. David formerly was a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the US Department of Justice and an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
The power of Congress to investigate and obtain documents to carry out its legislative powers and oversight of the executive branch is well established. The Supreme Court has long recognized that Congress' authority to obtain information necessary to conduct oversight and investigations is necessarily broad. In 1975, Chief Justice Warren Burger, reaffirmed that"'the scope of [Congress's] power of inquiry . . .
Trump's financial disclosure conceals a ton of secretsWhile it is true that"Congress' investigatory power is not, itself, absolute" and that it"is not immune from judicial review," House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal's requests for the tax returns of President Trump and his related businesses appear to be well within Congress's authority.
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