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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 19 articles Will former President Trump submit his tax returns to Congress? |  | |
Top from last 48 hrs Trump tax returns must be released by IRS to Congress, Justice Department says. CNBC (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 77% • 3 min read
The DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel said the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee had made a request with a legitimate legislative purpose to see Trump's tax returns, with a stated objective of assessing how the IRS audits presidents' tax returns. That 39-page opinion is a reversal of an opinion by the same office, during the Trump administration. ... The opinion said that the OLC "went astray" in 2019 by suggesting that the executive branch should "closely scrutinize the Committee's stated justifications for its requests" in a way that failed to give due respect and deference to the legislative branch of government. ... The decision comes more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court said that Trump's tax returns and other financial records had to be turned over by his longtime accountants to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., because of a subpoena issued as part of criminal probe. - Top from different political viewpoint
DOJ says Trump tax returns must be given to Congress. Washington Examiner (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 74% • 2 min read - Top long-read
Trump's tax returns: The legal issues and possible outcomes. (2020) Brookings Institution (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 75% • 13 min read
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