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The case is one of several that loom over Trump’s post-White House life. The House Ways and Means Committee filed a case in Washington district court in 2019 against the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service seeking the president’s tax returns covering the years 2013 to 2019. It was aimed at trying to work out whether the IRS was properly auditing Trump. Trump has closely guarded his financial records amid claims and counterclaims about his wealth, the success of his business, and whether he paid enough tax. In February, his tax returns were delivered to New York prosecuto...

“Is he really in charge?” asks John Cornyn (R-Tex.)

Trump had also sued the New York attorney general’s office and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance to block them from handing over the information to Congress. Trump’s lawyers had argued that New York enacted the state financial-disclosure law to punish him for his speech and political views. Nichols dismissed the case against the New York defendants, saying he had no jurisdiction over them, but said that Trump could file his lawsuit in that state. The case against the House Ways and Means Committee was allowed to go on. “The committee is still pursuing plaintiff’s f...

Trump Lawyers: New York Tax Return Law No Longer Applies Since He’s Not President Lawyers for former President Donald Trump told a judge on Monday that a New York law does not apply to the Republican because he is no longer president. “While the TRUST Act is not the clearest statute, the best reading is that it does not apply to former Presidents,” the attorneys wrote in a filing. The law in question, which was enacted in 2019, lets the state share tax return information with congressional committees. Legislators who sponsored the bill said it was inspired by the Trump administration’...

April 13, 2021 7:02 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee Republican lawmakers spent much of the last four years rebranding as a working-class party, following then-President Donald Trump’s lead on things like immigration and tariffs and setting aside their push to cut spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. But Trump’s campaign pledge to “save” safety-net programs has left conservatives with an identity crisis. With their party now in the minority, key GOP leaders want to bring back the push for entitlement changes that was a top priority under fo...