House Democrats extend IRS deadline to turn over Trump tax returns, say Mnuchin's concerns are 'without merit'
The Internal Revenue Service missed the April 10 deadline to provide the House Ways and Means Committee with six years of President Donald Trump's personal and business tax filings, but the committee's Democratic leadership has given the IRS a little more time to comply, calling the agency's concerns about the request meritless.
"The legal implications of this request could affect protections for all Americans against politically-motivated disclosures of personal tax information, regardless of which party is in power," wrote Mnuchin in his explanation for why the April 10 deadline could not be met.
Neal argued in this second letter that the law granting him the authority to request tax documents is "Unambiguous and raises no complicated legal issues that warrant supervision or review by" the Justice or Treasury Departments. Neal extended the deadline to April 23 for Rettig to provide the requested information and that failure to comply would be seen as a"denial of my request."
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