Treasury secretary Mnuchin says he will make final decision on Trump tax returns by May 6
By Damian Paletta and Damian Paletta Reporter covering economic policy Email Bio Follow Erica Werner Erica Werner Congressional reporter focusing on economic policy Email Bio Follow April 23 at 1:04 PM Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday told a key lawmaker he would make a final decision as to whether he will furnish President Trump’s tax returns by May 6, committing for the first time to a specific deadline in what has become a major Washington power struggle.
“The Supreme Court has made clear that exposure for the sake of exposure is never a permissible purpose of congressional inquiries, and this principle is all the more important when private and legally protected tax information is at stake,” Mnuchin wrote. “There is nothing nefarious there at all,” White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said Tuesday on Fox News. “This was litigated in 2016, and [Democrats] are going to keep pushing.”
As the White House tries to mobilize opposition to the congressional investigations, some Democrats said they will ultimately prevail. House Democratic leaders were noncommittal on his request. IRS and Treasury Department spokesmen did not respond to requests for comment. Mnuchin has questioned the legitimacy of the request, while Trump’s personal attorney has dismissed it as a politically motivated fishing expedition and rejected Neal’s stated reasons. Trump himself has continued to suggest that he can’t release his tax returns while being audited, which is the explanation he’s given since his presidential campaign for becoming the first president since Richard Nixon to refuse to voluntarily release his tax returns.
Although Neal has proceeded carefully with his request and rejected suggestions that politics are at play, other Democrats have been more open about their desire to get the returns in time to examine their contents ahead of the next presidential election. As Democrats proceed to investigate Trump and his administration on various fronts, some of them say that the contents of Trump’s tax returns could be key to their efforts.
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