COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The likelihood of a court fight over President Donald Trump’s tax returns grew on Wednesday [4-10-19] when the U.S. Treasury Department said it would not meet a deadline set by Democratic legislators to provide them and Trump himself stuck to his refusal to publicly release the documents. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in a letter to the Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives tax committee, said the panel’s request for Trump’s tax information ‘raises serious issues’ and Treasury needed to consult with the Justice Department ‘to ensure our response is fully consistent with the law and the Constitution’…Businessman Trump, however, in the four years since he declared his candidacy for president, has consistently refused requests by politicians, journalists and others to release his tax returns. He has said he would not do so while they were under audit, but tax and legal experts have said that an audit should not prevent their public release, a practice presidents have followed for decades.”
–Reuters Staff, “No sign yet of Trump’s tax returns, increasing likelihood of court fight,” Reuters, April 10, 2019 6:49 am