{"id":24113,"date":"2022-12-01T08:49:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T13:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24113"},"modified":"2022-12-01T08:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T13:49:56","slug":"trump-taxes-us-lawmakers-get-access-to-former-presidents-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/12\/01\/trump-taxes-us-lawmakers-get-access-to-former-presidents-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump taxes: US lawmakers get access to former president’s returns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Trump’s tax returns have been handed over to a committee of the US House of Representatives after the former president lost a long legal battle to keep them sealed.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Treasury Department said it had complied with\u00a0a Supreme Court order<\/a>\u00a0that the records should be given to a panel in the Democrat-controlled House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is not clear if the returns will be made public, or what they will reveal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Trump is yet to comment, but has previously denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He declined to release the documents during his 2016 presidential run or subsequently – breaking a decades-old presidential custom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Trump recently\u00a0announced a bid to run for the White House again in 2024<\/a>, and has described the efforts to obtain his tax documents as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Various details about his finances have already emerged as he faces\u00a0a range of investigations<\/a>, including into his business dealings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is therefore unknown whether the tax return information will yield any major new revelations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Following Wednesday’s announcement from the Treasury Department, a congressional committee now has access to his returns for the years 2015-2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It was not disclosed whether the committee had immediately accessed the documents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The panel in question – the Ways and Means Committee – is investigating whether presidents are being properly audited, and whether new laws are needed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, it may not have long to do its work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The House will only be controlled by the Democratic Party for a few more weeks, before Mr Trump’s Republicans take over in January – after winning a slim majority in last month’s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The committee made its first request for Mr Trump’s tax documents in 2019, after the Democrats took over the House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Trump took legal steps to block any such release, though ultimately failed when the Supreme Court last week cleared the way for his papers to be accessed by the panel.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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