President Trump's attorney accuses Democrats of using the IRS as a 'political weapon' to obtain the president's tax returns and promises to fight the move if necessary.
to demand an individual's tax returns. If the Treasury Department denies his request, Democrats will then be faced with whether to take legal action. If obtained, they would not simply be made public. Rather, Neal would have to designate panel members to read the returns and they would then have to vote on making the returns public.Responding to the news, Trump told reporters he was"under audit" and would not be releasing the returns.
Trump is the only major presidential candidate of either party since the early 1970s not to release his tax returns, and Democrats have pushed for him to release his taxes since the 2016 election.that he would protect Trump's privacy if a request like Neal's were made. "In this case, and particularly in this case, where you have a president that not only has very significant wealth, but made the unusual decision to continue to control that wealth and not to have a blind trust but to actually pass on to his family with his full involvement with his full involvement the ability to control his wealth, there's a real question ... as to whether the president's personal financial interests impact his public decision-making," Kildee added.
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