In a note dated Friday, the center of the legal suggestion of justice said that the chairman of the commission “gave sufficient grounds to request the fiscal data of the former president” and that under federal law, “the Treasury will have to provide the data. “to the committee “.
The 39-page memo is signed through Dawn Johnsen, installed through Biden’s management as acting director of the legal counsel.
Under the Trump administration, then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he would not turn over the tax returns because he concluded they were sought through Democrats who came to the House of Representatives for partisan reasons.
The committee sued for instances under a federal statute that states the Internal Revenue Service “provides” any taxpayer’s returns to a handful of leading lawmakers. The committee said Trump’s taxes for an investigation into whether he had complied with the tax law.
Trump’s Justice Department defended Mnuchin’s refusal, and Trump himself also intervened to prevent the documents from being turned over to Congress. According to a January court order, Trump would have 72 hours to oppose it after the Biden administration officially replaced the government’s position. at trial.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has already received copies of Trump’s business and non-public tax records as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Trump tried to prevent his accountants from turning over the documents, taking the case to the Supreme Court. the justices rejected Trump’s argument that he enjoyed extensive immunity as president.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said tax returns are of interest to lawmakers. “Access to former President Trump’s tax returns is a matter of national security. Other Americans deserve to know the facts of their troubling conflicts of interest and the attack on our security and democracy as president,” Pelosi said in a statement.
The challenge has its roots in the 2016 presidential campaign, when Trump claimed he could simply release his taxes because of an IRS audit.
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