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Wednesday, March 1st, 2017

229 House Republicans just voted to keep Trump’s tax returns secret

Author:     Judd Legum
Source:     Think Progress
Publication Date:     27 February 2017
 Link: 229 House Republicans just voted to keep Trump’s tax returns secret
Stephan:   Do you think we will ever see the tax returns? Not if the Republicans have their way, as this story makes clear. So we will never know the true measure of the President's true conflict of interest and corruption

House Republican leadership and Vice President Pence

House Republicans voted en masse to block a resolution that would have forced Trump to turn his tax returns over to Congress on Monday night.

The measure was introduced by Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. Under a 1924 law, the Ways and Means Committee is empowered to examine tax returns. The committee could then decide to release them to the full Congress, effectively making them public.

Trump has broken with decades of precedent and refused to release his tax returns, citing an ongoing audit.

Pascrell first brought his request to the Chairman of the Way and Mean Committee, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX). Brady rejected the request, citing concern for Trump’s “civil liberties.”

Pascrell was able to bring the issue […]

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1 Comment

  1. Teresa on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 8:32 am

    Those tax returns might give a tidbit of evidence, but since most of his transactions are done in LLC’s, most of the juicy stuff will still be hidden.