not have. it a written in federal law that the chairman could request any taxpayers tax returns. so, they had the law on their side with their request. inr april, 2019, when the hous ways and means committee chair requested six years of then president donald trump and his enterprise tax returns, it seemed like at the time an open andat shut case. chairman richard neal explained at the time that his committee needs to request trump s tax returns for quote, legitimate, legislative, legal and oversight purposes. to examine the tax returns of sitting presidents to see what, if any, laws needed to be amended or clarified. to no one s surprise, the trump treasury department refused to hand them over. and as you can imagine, a legal battle ensued. but then something happened in 2021. a new president took office. and the deal was reached for the committee to finally get those