DEMS/GOP/TRUMP TAXES: “Republicans warned Thursday [2-7-19] that if Democrats start to go after the president’s tax returns it will ‘open a Pandora’s Box’ and accused Democrats of ‘weaponizing tax laws to attack a political foe.’ The Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on presidential and vice presidential release of tax returns Thursday afternoon. It was the first official step the Democratic-led House took towards trying to obtain Trump’s tax returns, though a modest one. Thursday’s hearing was not specific to the president’s taxes. Instead, it was billed as a hearing on a provision in a large piece of Democratic legislation, H.R. 1, that would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns. But Trump was on everybody’s mind. Republicans immediately began sounding the alarm about congressional overreach if Democrats try to get the president’s tax returns.”
–Eliza Collins, “Republicans warn going after Trump’s tax returns could ‘open a Pandora’s Box’,” USA Today, February 7, 2019 6:08 pm