Congressional Democrats are suing the Trump administration over its refusal to hand over copies of the president’s personal tax returns. Mnuchin argued that the request represents an unprecedented abuse of power, since Democrats want the private tax information of a political enemy. Trump is the first modern president not to voluntarily disclose his tax returns. These rulings, now on appeal, were embarrassing defeats for the president and contain arguments that will likely be restated in the tax return case. One key difference between the tax return subpoena and the others is that in the tax case Democrats are trying to force the administration to comply with a federal law that explicitly gives the chairs of congressional tax committees access to private tax returns.

Source: Huffington Post July 02, 2019 15:34 UTC