Democratic Party leaders, who took control of the House in November, have recently stepped up pressure on Trump to release tax records from 2013 to 2018, which legal experts said could shed light on the president's business dealings. Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means committee,
- The U.S. Congress has strong arguments for obtaining President Donald Trump's tax returns, but first faces a long court battle that could extend into the 2020 presidential election, some legal experts said.
Trump's personal lawyer, William Consovoy, in a letter to the Treasury Department on Monday, accused Neal's committee of using its"investigatory tools to unlawfully retaliate against a political opponent." "If you look at the plain language of the statute, Neal is on strong footing here," said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.If Congress invokes this statute, it must be acting with a legitimate legislative purpose, legal experts said, citing a 1957 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
“The IRS has a policy of auditing the tax returns of all sitting presidents and vice presidents, yet little is known about the effectiveness of the law,” Neal said. Garber said Congress' authority to request the documents would be stronger if it were conducting impeachment proceedings. Courts have held that Congress' investigative powers are broader in the impeachment context, he said.
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