Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin digs in on refusal to release Pres. Trump’s tax returns, shrugging off questions about a draft legal analysis by the IRS that undercuts the administration's official position on the matter.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin dug in Wednesday on the administration's refusal to release President Donald Trump’s tax returns, shrugging off questions about a draft legal analysis by the Internal Revenue Service that undercuts the administration's official position on the matter.
In testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Mnuchin said he hadn’t seen the"supposed" IRS memo until that morning. He also told lawmakers that he wasn’t sure who wrote it and why it wasn’t widely circulated. “On this one request, we’ve been advised that there are different legal views,” Mnuchin told lawmakers. “And this is why it will most likely go to the third branch of government. And if the third branch of government opines on Congress’ right, then we would obviously supply the documents.”
The IRS said the memo was a draft paper prepared last fall that was never finalized and “not the official position of the IRS.”
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