DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/STEVEN MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday [4-9-19] that Treasury Department lawyers had held discussions with the White House about an expected request from House Democrats for President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Mnuchin, at a House Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing, said the ‘informational’ conversations had taken place before House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal’s request last week for six years of Trump’s tax returns. Democrats are pursuing Trump’s returns under a legal authority that aims to prevent interference from the White House on the Treasury’s decision whether to release the tax returns. Mnuchin said he personally has had no conversations with anyone in the White House about the request, and was not briefed on the contents of the prior conversations between Treasury and White House lawyers…Mnuchin said that the Treasury would ‘follow the law’ regarding Neal’s request for Trump’s tax returns, adding that this was being reviewed by the Treasury’s legal department.”
–David Lawder, “Mnuchin says Treasury lawyers consulted White House on Trump tax returns,” Reuters, April 9, 2019 11:04 am