Why won’t the taxman cometh?

This House Democrat can obtain Trump’s tax returns. What’s he waiting for? When Democrats took back control of the House last month, they gained the authority necessary to acquire President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Within hours of being projected to win the House in November’s midterms, Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee confirmed they would seek Trump’s tax returns, which he has withheld from the public since he first launched his campaign even though disclosure has been standard for presidential candidates since Richard Nixon. Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), the chairman of the committee, can obtain the returns of any U.S. taxpayer for “confidential review.” But the White House has indicated it won’t comply with any request from the committee, and Neal says there is no timetable. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin would be the one responsible for complying with any request, and his office is already plotting ways to delay the process for years, perhaps even beyond the 2020 election. [READ MORE]( [Virginia Senate GOP leader was editor of college yearbook containing racist photos and slurs]( [READ MORE]( [Trump lauds religious adoption agencies for refusing service to same-sex couples]( [READ MORE]( [House Republicans reveal how they’ll attack the growing popularity of a Green New Deal]( [READ MORE]( [Trump forges ahead with plans for North Korea summit, defying his security advisers]( [READ MORE]( [Virginia Capitol Police officer suspended for alleged tattoos of white supremacist symbols]( [READ MORE]( “There are a lot of straight-up facts about this country that people just try to sort of ignore completely or actually teach the opposite.” [Tommy Orange]( author of There There, on the power and danger of telling difficult truths CAPAF | ThinkProgress Center for American Progress Action Fund 1333 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 United States This email was sent to{EMAIL}. [unsubscribe](