OPINION: With the House Ways and Means Committee chairman requesting US President Donald Trump's tax returns, the White House's representatives were tasked with explaining how the president could refuse to release them. And sure, almost every other president since Richard Nixon has released his tax returns even though the IRS automatically audits a sitting president's personal tax returns. ALEX BRANDON/AP The White House was tasked with explaining how the president could refuse to release his tax returns. JACQUELYN MARTIN/AP White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Democrats will "never" see Trump's tax returns. "We should not be in a situation where individual private tax returns are used for political purposes," complained Sekulow.

Source: Stuff April 08, 2019 09:33 UTC