WASHINGTON: A top House Democrat edged the US Congress closer to a legal fight with President Donald Trump over its investigations of him, saying on Friday he would rather appeal to the courts than pursue contempt charges if Trump's tax returns are not released.
Neal issued subpoenas last week to Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service seeking six years of Trump's individual and business tax returns. He set a deadline of 5pm on Friday for Treasury to produce the returns. Democratic leaders are considering bundling several separate contempt citations into a single House of Representatives package to bring to a floor vote later this year.Trump is flatly refusing to cooperate in numerous US congressional probes of himself, his family and his presidency.