Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin said his agency won't make the deadline House Democrats set for the IRS to respond to their request for Pres. Trump’s tax returns and is consulting with the Justice Dept. on how to proceed.
Meanwhile, the president on Wednesday doubled down on his position that he won't be making them public -- at least for now.
In doing so, the president reiterated his oft-cited rationale for withholding his tax information -- claiming they were under audit -- although that has never been confirmed. “I would love to give them, but I'm not going to do it while I'm under audit. It's very simple,” Trump told reporters gathered on the White House South Lawn as he left for a trip to Texas. “Remember, I got elected last time -- the same exact issue, with the same intensity, which wasn't very much because, frankly, the people don't care.
But less than 24 hours earlier, the president’s IRS commissioner, Charles Rettig, told lawmakers there are no rules prohibiting taxpayers under audit from releasing their tax information.President Trump on his tax returns: "I would love to give them, but I'm not going to do it while I'm under audit."
"I got elected last time, the same exact issue, with the same intensity, which wasn't very much, because frankly, the people don't care."
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