Treasury's Mnuchin digs in on Trump's taxes, shrugging off draft IRS legal analysis

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin dug in Wednesday on the administration's refusal to release President Donald Trump’s tax returns, shrugging off questions about a draft legal analysis by the Internal Revenue Service that undercuts the administration's official position on the matter.

In testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Mnuchin said he hadn’t seen the"supposed" IRS memo until that morning. He also told lawmakers that he wasn’t sure who wrote it and why it wasn’t widely circulated. “On this one request, we’ve been advised that there are different legal views,” Mnuchin told lawmakers. “And this is why it will most likely go to the third branch of government. And if the third branch of government opines on Congress’ right, then we would obviously supply the documents.”

The IRS said the memo was a draft paper prepared last fall that was never finalized and “not the official position of the IRS.”

I’m so sick of everything these people are doing to our president. Get on with your job about immigration, healthcare and the things that are important to us and the people of America. And get off of trying to take down Trump!!

When trump became idiot-in-chief he lost all rights to being a public citizen. What is he so afraid of if congress sees his tax returns? That he cheated. We have always known that he is a cheat and a liar.

Has Trump the Dump paid him off in secrecy 🤔to my knowledge refusing a federal subpoena calls for an arrest warrant!!!

Good for him

Lock his ass up

Scumbag, should be impeached. Like his boss, acts as if the law does not apply to him.

Good for him. RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! Wait....no collusion? TAXES! TAXES! TAXES!

Trump Administration new home

stevenmnuchin1 Put him in JAIL. Fine him and put him in JAIL. RepJerryNadler RepAdamSchiff

There's a reason that we were setup with 3 branches of government. One cannot simply overrule the other. The reality is that stevenmnuchin1 is right. One branch is trying to politicize a private citizen's tax returns, and this cannot be allowed. SCOTUS will decide

. I'm telling ya..... The man is bought and paid for. ImpeachPOSOTUS and get rid of the scum he installed as protectors. SHAMEONREPUBLICANS .

DEMONRATs! So much focus on taking down the president and not any type of focus on doing what's best for the country! Sad that the American People pay these jacka$$ess salary!!

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