Mr. Trump’s Treasury Department was facing a midnight deadline to respond to a letter sent last week by Mr. Neal, who issued a formal request for six years of Mr. Trump’s personal and business tax records. White House officials have called the request a political fishing expedition, and Mr. Mnuchin has said that furnishing the returns could open the floodgates to weaponizing the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Mnuchin signaled his intention on Tuesday, when he told members of Congress that the president had no legal obligation to make his tax returns public. While Mr. Mnuchin insisted that he would follow the law, he also defended Mr. Trump’s right to keep his tax returns private. “Again, believing that he is above the law, Trump is engaged in obstruction.”

Source: New York Times April 10, 2019 21:26 UTC