New York Democrats are facing furious condemnation from Republicans over legislation that would create a backdoor method for lawmakers on Capitol Hill to get their hands on President Trump's tax returns. After the IRS denied a recent congressional request for Trump's federal tax returns, New York is poised to make his state returns available with a bill that passed in the state Senate on Wednesday. The bill, known as the TRUST Act, would lift a state restriction on revealing an individual's tax returns. When Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin denied a request for Trump’s federal tax returns, he said the request failed to meet that standard. "Donald Trump has broken forty years of political tradition by not releasing his tax returns," Hoylman said in a statement.

Source: Fox News May 09, 2019 19:07 UTC