New York Path to Trump Returns May Not Derail Federal Effort

July 16, 2019, 8:45 AM UTC

House Democrats’ concerns that requesting President Donald Trump’s New York state tax returns could weaken their lawsuit seeking access to his federal returns may be overblown.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) has been hesitant to take action on the New York returns, after the state passed a law allowing him to request them. He has been fighting off accusations of political motives, and the committee’s lawsuit is focused on reviewing how the IRS audits presidents.

Access to Trump’s New York returns could weaken that argument, some say.

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