Opposition efforts said to be a 'political stunt'
Washington — President Donald Trump’s tax returns will never be handed over to Democratic legislators, White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says, defying an effort in Congress to learn more about the Republican leader’s personal finances.
He dismissed an effort to obtain the returns, launched formally on Wednesday by US House of Representatives tax committee chairman Richard Neal, as a political ploy from Democrats who will never stop attacking Trump. Democrats fired back that Neal’s request to the treasury department for Trump’s returns is grounded in law and a needed inquiry, given Trump’s refusal to disclose his tax records and to divest himself of his business interests.
An attorney for Trump on Friday blasted House Democrats' request for six years of Trump’s personal and business returns as “a misguided attempt” to politicise the tax laws, accusing legislators of harassment and interference in IRS audits.
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