WASHINGTON - The White House has refused to meet a Tuesday deadline to deliver six years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress, escalating a battle that is expected to head to court.
That deadline was extended to 23 April. But Trump has signalled he does not want his financial information disclosed, repeating his oft-used excuse during the 2016 presidential campaign that he would not release his tax returns while under audit by the IRS. “The president is pretty clear: Once he’s out of the audit, he will think about doing it,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told Fox News on Tuesday.The US Treasury Department said it was reviewing Neal’s request and consulting with the Justice Department, and that there were “serious constitutional questions” related to the request.
But Mnuchin also warned that congressional Democrats, through the Ways and Means demand, were seeking “to obtain and expose the president’s tax returns.”
What will the Trump base think when he chooses to hide his tax returns instead of “securing the border?”
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