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Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, is lauding the new ruling from the Department of Justice.
The Justice Department has paved the way for a House panel to get former President Donald Trump s tax returns in what could be the beginning of the end of years of delay and court battles.
In a new legal opinion released Friday, the department concluded that the House Ways and Means Committee has invoked sufficient legislative reasons for access to the sensitive materials, including what the panel said were serious concerns about how the Internal Revenue Service is operating an audit program for presidents.
Justice Says IRS Must Give Trump Tax Returns to Congress The opinion said the Office of Legal Counsel “went astray” in 2019 when it said the executive branch should closely scrutinize Congress’s stated justifications for the tax records By Mark Sherman •
Updated on July 30, 2021 at 11:39 am
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The Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.
In a memo dated Friday, Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel said the committee chairman “has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former President’s tax information” and that under federal law, “Treasury must furnish the information to the Committee.”
The Justice Department says the Treasury Department must provide a House committee former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.
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