Once Hamlett had opened the application, he attempted to access the President's federal income tax information at least six times through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Data Retrieval Tool (DRT). The President later doubled-down with spokesperson Kellyanne Conway declaring that "The White House response is that he’s not going to release his tax returns." Since that time, Trump's federal income tax returns have remained private. When Koskinen was asked whether he had seen Trump's tax returns, he said that he had not because he was not allowed to - even as the then IRS Commissioner. According to court documents, Hamlett agreed that the idea to access the returns through the federal aid website was "genius."

Source: Forbes April 27, 2018 19:01 UTC