A lawyer for Donald Trump renewed his criticism of House Democrats' bid to seize the president's tax returns, telling the Treasury Department that they've offered no good reason to obtain the documents
“No one actually believes this,” Consovoy wrote Brent McIntosh, general counsel at Treasury.
“Congress has no constitutional authority to act like a junior-varsity IRS, rerunning individual examinations or flyspecking the agency’s calculations,” Consovoy wrote. By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
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