DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday [4-9-19] that his department intends to ‘follow the law’ and is reviewing a request by a top House Democrat to provide President Donald Trump’s tax returns to lawmakers. Mnuchin told a House panel that he has not had any communications with the president or his top staff about the department’s decision on whether to provide Trump’s tax returns under a nearly century-old that says the Treasury Department ‘shall furnish’ them when requested…Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said in a Sunday [4-7-19] show appearance that lawmakers will ‘never’ see Trump’s returns. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., requested the returns last week in a letter to Mnuchin that set a deadline of Wednesday to provide them. Mnuchin says he ‘looks forward to responding’ but it appears clear that Treasury won’t meet the deadline. IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig faces off with the same panel Tuesday afternoon. Neal requested six years of Trump’s personal and business returns , relying on a 1924 statute that says the Treasury Department ‘shall furnish’ them when requested. The IRS is part of Treasury.”
–Associated Press, “Mnuchin Says He’ll ‘Follow the Law’ on Trump Tax Returns,” The New York Times online, April 11, 2019