DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP TAXES: “Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday [12-13-18] that members of congress from her party will seek to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns when they take control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January – a move the White House is likely to strongly resist. The House Ways and Means Committee will ‘take the first steps’ toward obtaining the documents, said Pelosi, who has the backing of her members to become speaker of the House next month. As it is likely to be a challenging process, it will be up to the committee to figure out how to proceed, she said…Trump defied decades of tradition when he refused to release his tax records as a candidate and after his victory in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. No law or rule compels a president or candidate to disclose their returns, but nearly every nominee and president has done so in recent decades.”
–Reuters, “House Democrats to Seek Trump Tax Returns: Pelosi,” The New York Times online, December 13, 2018