Requires the irs to turn over tax returns if requested by certain committees. In a letter to the irs obtained by cnn richard neil demanded returns from 2013 through 2018. The president responded that hes not inclined to comply until he is no longer under audit which in and of itself is a claim thats never been confirmed. We are going to begin with the New York Times report on Robert Mueller and the mueller team. Joining us is washington correspondent for the New York Times and Cnn National Security analyst, one of the reporters that broke the story about the mueller team. There havent been many stories at all. Really none about sentiment from the mueller team. Thats significant itself. Mark, let me read the first paragraph so people know what the reporting is. Some of Robert Muellers investigators told Associates William barr failed to adequately portray the findings of the inquiry and they were more troubling for President Trump than william barr indicated according to those familiar
To them, say that the report is more damaging than what bill barr laid out in his memo. And theres this from the Washington Post. Quote, members of muellers team have complained to Close Associates that the evidence they gathered on obstruction was alarming and significant. Thats not all for President Trump. The new democratic majority is flexing its oversight muscles in a very real way right now. Not only with subpoenas, as we discussed yesterday, for the full Mueller Report, but also now demanding the president s tax returns. The democratic chairman going straight to the irs to get them. The president , youll be not surprised at all to hear, says hes not inclined to hand those over. Still. Lets start with this tension over the Mueller Report. Jessica schneider is at the Justice Department joining me now. Jessica, the Justice Department is just now putting out a statement about this reporting coming out in the New York Times and the Washington Post. What do you have . Well, the depart
Discuss everything. When we first started, people said, youll never talk about intellectual property or a vast array of elements. Not only is every one talked about, but highly negotiated. And whether its our farmers our technology people, all of them will be really happy and i think china is going to be very happy too. Whats your plan right now on tariffs . What would you like to see happen on tariffs . I dont want to say that to you, but ill be discussing that with the vice premiere in about five minutes, as soon as you leave. But just a lot of good things are happening. A lot of really great things are happening. And i think very important is, the relationship with china is very strong. Probably the strongest its ever been, in a sense. And yet were negotiating a strong deal. But i think our relationship is at a point thats about at the highest its been. And that thats not a bad thing. Thats a very good thing. Negotiation and do you claim [ inaudible ] . When you say negotiation, hes