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>> i'm getting there. >> he's getting there. if democrats pass it, the republican led senate is all but guaranteed to reject it. president trump's tax returns must be turned over to congress unless he invokes executive privilege according to an irs memo obtained by "the washington post." steve mnuchin says he is not authorized to fill that. according to this irs draft memo, he has to, regardless of the reason for the request. president trump is refusing to release the taxes. an unexpected visitor on capitol hill tuesday. former secretary of state, rex tillerson meeting with the top democrat ...

Sources at the irs the memo in question was a draft background paper. the irs telling fox news it is not the official position of the irs. the article mentions the irs commissioner was not aware of this memo until the article came about have a draft memo was never forwarded to the treasury department. heather: important to dig into those headlines and appreciate you doing that. first developed in the investigation into the investigators, newly released testimony from former attorney general in direct conflict with a story told by james comey centered on the 2016 probe into hillary clinton's pr...

Cared most, it seems, about getting an irs commissioner and a friendly lawyer, by all accounts, who had done some work for the trump organization. peter, do you have a new statement from the irs in response to all of this? >> yeah, in the course of this conversation, i did receive a statement from the irs. i had reached out to them earlier today. and for all the reasons that you just indicated, it makes sense that they would be distancing themselves from this draft memo. it reads as follow, the memo in question citizen a draft background mapaper that was nev finalized. it is not the final posi...

The irs shall turn over tax returns to congress does not say whether executive privilege would be a reason to be defied or not. but the executive privilege has proliferated in recent years. for the president and his -- this energies and other dmgss don't give over information. and it would take a higher court ruling, maybe all the way to the supreme court to determine whether executive privilege could be exerted. what the lawyers who analyzed this for the irs steve camp o's office said it would be only way to avoid it. >> thank you very much. josh obviously pretty significant information here....

Again from mnuchin. there is no legislative purpose. this appears to say there is a legislative purpose they have every right to get it. that's not an issue taufl, right. >> well treasury secretary mnuchin has as i said has denied the returns arguing there is no purpose for demanding them and they had only will give me over documents for legitimate legislative purpose. informs a draft memo was written in so 2018 as it was clear democratss were taking the house and requesting tax returns and other information. and this memo, the irs lawyers looked exhaustively threw case law. appear what they s...