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Clamor growing for Trump tax returns as key House Democrat urges caution
Washington,
January 16, 2019
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Oversight
ABC News |
Democrats have for months fired up supporters with the promise that control of the House of Representatives would finally allow them to seize copies of President Donald Trump's tax returns. They have argued the filings could produce a road map for investigations into Trump’s tangle of global businesses and provide a cure for anxiety caused by his refusal to share details about his wealth, debt, charitable giving, and potential conflicts of interests. At one point during the campaign, soon-to-be-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the San Francisco Chronicle it would be “one of the first things we do” and “the easiest thing in the world” to demand a copy of the president's tax filings from the Internal Revenue Service. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, defended Neal's handling of the delicate political question. "I don’t think he’s timid at all. I think he’s just being thoughtful," he said. |