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IRS Must Give Trump Tax Returns to Congress, Justice Department Says
Voice of America
31 Jul 2021, 09:05 GMT+10
The Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide former President Donald Trump s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.
In a memo dated Friday, Justice s Office of Legal Counsel said the committee chairman has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former president s tax information and that under federal law, Treasury must furnish the information to the committee.
The 39-page memo is signed by Dawn Johnsen, installed by the Biden administration as the acting head of the legal counsel office.
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WASHINGTON The Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.
In a memo dated Friday, Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel said the committee chairman “has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former President’s tax information” and that under federal law, “Treasury must furnish the information to the Committee.”
The 39-page memo is signed by Dawn Johnsen, installed by the Biden administration as the acting head of the legal counsel office.
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U.S. Justice Dept says IRS must provide former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress
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July 30, 2021
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Friday ordered the Internal Revenue Service to hand over former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a House of Representatives committee, saying the panel has offered “sufficient reasons” for requesting the material.
The department’s Office of Legal Counsel reversed course and declared that the department erred in 2019 when Trump was still in office when it found that the request for his taxes by the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee was based on a “disingenuous” objective aimed at exposing them to the public.