Democrats in Washington have demanded the release of financial data about members of the Trump administration after the publication of the Paradise Papers highlighted that a member of the president’s cabinet had business links with Vladimir Putin’s family. Mnuchin was not responsive to a previous request for data by the lawmakers, which was issued in May. The Paradise Papers were published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a group of media outlets that includes the Guardian and the New York Times. Democrats cannot compel Mnuchin to release treasury data about the president or other administration officials because they are in the minority. The latest Capitol Hill call for transparency comes after Senator Bernie Sanders warned that the publication of the Paradise Papers shone a light on “the major issue of our time”.

Source: The Guardian December 08, 2017 18:07 UTC