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Whistleblower has been told by some official that if he or she gives that information to the relevant committees in congress, they could end up in jail, that could be an illegal thing to do. that strikes me as off. it strikes me as -- i thought whistleblowers were supposed to be able to safely give things to congress. >> yeah, in fact, there's a statute that covers the handling and disclosure of tax return information. it's the same statute we've talked about before that investigators use, it's 26 usc 6103. prosecutors use subparagraph "i" of that statute. but there's another provision within ...

Who alleges there's improper interference of a political appointee in the audit of the tax returns. now it's being reported this whistle-blower has been told by some official that if he or she gives that information to the velvent committees in congress, they could end up in jail, that could be an illegal thing to do. that strikes me as off. it strikes me as -- i thought whistle-blowers were supposed to be able to safely give things to congress. >> yeah, in fact, there's a statute that covers the handling and disclosure of tax return information. it's the same statute we've talked about before...

>> yeah, i would want to first consult with the chairman of the committee as well as the rest of the committee to determine that. but i want to make a few points when it comes to the whistle-blower complaint. it really adds credibility to our request of the presidential tax returns. from the very beginning, we wanted to audit, make sure the presidential audits were done in a way that was free of political pressure and done in a way that really was true to its core. and that's why we started to look into it. that's why we asked for the presidential tax returns. that's why we invoke 6103-f, the ...

There a real, sound reason why the american people should have the right to see the tax returns? >> there's a very sound reason. this president broke half a century of precedent by not releasing his tax returns as he promised he would when he was running for president in the first place. it's becoming increasingly obvious that there's something he just does not want people to know. he said he would release them. can of course, he says a lot of things. now he's fighting every way he can to prevent his own promise from being kept in the first place. we have sued to make sure that we can enforce ...

York has gone forward and gotten the returns that he's filed in new york. obviously we would love to see them but our chairman richie kneel is following the law carefully. this law 6103 dating back to 1924 gives ways and means the right to ask for his tax return but not necessarily the new york returns. so we're fighting this in the courts. we may lose the battle or two but i'm confident we're going to win in the end at the supreme court level. just because the law is clear. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. up next, as we counts down to this week's democratic presiden...