Republicans are angry that Democrats may release copies of Donald Trump's tax returns.
Kevin Brady, standing with more than a dozen of his colleagues at a press conference, said that Democrats would endanger the right of every American to be protected from political targeting if they publicized Trump's taxes.
Brady, the top Republican on the House committee that obtained Trump's tax information, refused to say that his party would not use tax disclosure laws to get and release private tax information.
Brady told the reporter that they were not going to speculate on what their actions would be. The Democrats are unleashing a dangerous new weapon that is going to have serious consequences.
Democrats aren't doing that The president and certain congressional committees have the same power when it comes to asking for tax returns. The authority has been used by both Republicans and Democrats recently.
Democrats are using the same disclosure powers that Republicans used in the past to investigate the IRS. The Republicans attached private tax information to a letter urging the DOJ to prosecute an IRS official.
The Democrats requested six years of Trump's tax returns. Donald Trump was the first presidential nominee in decades to refuse to release his tax returns in order to be transparent with voters.
Democrats are going to file a lawsuit in federal court after the Trump administration refused to comply. The way for the returns to be handed over was paved by the Supreme Court's refusal to get involved.
On Tuesday, Richard Neal, who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, called for a special closed committee meeting to discuss the material they obtained, as well as a vote to make the information public. At press time, the hearing was continuing.
When Republicans take control of the House next month, Brady won't chair Ways and Means, but he wouldn't say if he thought tax disclosure laws should change. The reforms made in 1976 made it impossible for the president to reveal private tax information. Penalties and imprisonment are imposed on unauthorized tax disclosures.
Brady told Huffpost that the committee would have that discussion later.
Republicans might have a discussion about taxes. Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee announced at their first press conference after the election that they would investigate the business dealings of Hunter Biden, the son of the president.
According to reports, the younger Biden is being investigated for a number of crimes, including tax fraud. Biden could be asked for his tax returns by the House Ways and Means Committee.
All Rights Reserved © 2024
