House Democrats told Newsweek they plan to “use every legal recourse available” if Treasury continues to refuse to provide the president's tax returns.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the federal agency is consulting with the Justice Department regarding House Democrats’ demands for President Donald Trump’s tax returns and will miss the Wednesday deadline to provide them to a committee.
Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee plan to follow-up the missed deadline with a letter, again demanding the president's taxes, and could take other steps before taking the matter to court, according to several committee members who spoke to Newsweek on Wednesday prior to Mnuchin’s response. Should Treasury offer continued refusal, they “will use every legal recourse available.”
Committee member Jimmy Gomez said there will be “at least one more step before going to court” and that Chairman Neal “has a strategy in mind.” "With all due respect to the president, we did not ask him for the tax returns, we asked the commissioner of the IRS for the returns," said Kildee."There's nothing that prohibits a taxpayer from sharing their tax returns while they're under audit. That’s a red herring."
During his testimony to a Senate Finance subcommittee on Tuesday, IRS Commissioner Rettig told lawmakers he was neither directly nor indirectly told by the White House to not turn over the requested tax returns. Mnuchin also told lawmakers Tuesday during a separate committee hearing that the department planned to “follow the law.”
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