BREAKING: Treasury Sec. Mnuchin refuses to turn over Trump tax documents to Congress, likely triggering a showdown in federal court
, failing for the third time to meet a congressional deadline to turn over the documents.
"Out of respect for the deadlines previously set by the Committee, and consistent with our commitment to a prompt response, I am informing you now that the Department may not lawfully fulfill the Committee's request," Mnuchin said, citing legal guidance from the Department of Justice. "The Democrats are demanding that the IRS turn over the documents, and that is not going to happen, and they know it," Mulvaney said."This is a political stunt by my former colleagues."
Treasury’s legal department had held “informational” discussions with the White House Office of General Counsel As the committee's chairman, Neal has the power to send a written request to the IRS to provide the information. With the Treasury Department's denial of that request, House Democrats will have to decide whether to pursue the tax returns through a legal route. If they are obtained, Neal would then have to designate the panel’s members as “agents” to read the returns. They would then have to vote to make the documents public and report them to the full House.Under Section 6103 of the U.S.
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