Former President Donald Trump is seeking a court order to block the IRS from releasing his tax returns to a House committee.
Last week, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel said that the Treasury Department must release the returns, concluding that the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee had shown “sufficient reasons” for requesting them.
But in a filing in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, Trump’s legal team is challenging their release, arguing that the “primary purpose” for the congresssional request is “for the sake of exposure, to improperly conduct law enforcement, or some other impermissible goal—not to study federal legislation.”
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard Neal (D-ma), requested the returns and said that the committee had “serious concerns about the IRS’s full and fair administration of the tax laws with respect to...
Last week, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel said that the Treasury Department must release the returns, concluding that the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee had shown “sufficient reasons” for requesting them.
But in a filing in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, Trump’s legal team is challenging their release, arguing that the “primary purpose” for the congresssional request is “for the sake of exposure, to improperly conduct law enforcement, or some other impermissible goal—not to study federal legislation.”
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard Neal (D-ma), requested the returns and said that the committee had “serious concerns about the IRS’s full and fair administration of the tax laws with respect to...
- 8/4/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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