The Democrats ‘ increase in the US Congress, the pressure on US President Donald Trump, and demand officially of the disclosure of his tax returns for the past years. In a Letter to the US tax authority, the IRS, the Chairman of the Finance and tax Committee in the U.S. house of representatives, the Democrat Richard Neal asked, formally, the tax returns of Trump and several of his companies for tax years 2013 to 2018. Information and Details about possible tax audits should be included. As the deadline for the publication of Neal called the 10. April. The White house dismissed the claim. Remains to be seen how the tax authority responds and whether there is legal battles.
Trump has been published – contrary to the usual practices in the United States, his tax returns so far, never. Normally, presidential candidates make during the election campaign. The justification Trump said his tax returns were very complicated and incomprehensible. His opponents speculate, however, that the former construction tycoon has may hide a lot.
As a response to the Letter from the Congress Trump said on Wednesday evening (local time) in Washington, there were Long-running tax audits of his finances. As long as these are in progress, said that he was inclined, his tax declarations to disclose.
The spokeswoman of the White house, Sarah Sanders, said on Thursday the TV channel Fox News, Trump had completed prior to his arrival, hundreds of pages of forms to its financial conditions and business investments. These disclosures are very detailed and should answer all of the questions.
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The Democrats, who have since the beginning of the year in the house of representatives, the majority and now want to force the tax authority, the IRS, the publication of trump’s tax returns. Whether the authority is the US Department of the Treasury, the descendants, is open.
The Chairman of the US house of representatives, the Democrat Nancy Pelosi, said on Thursday in Washington, the law is clear. The Chairman of the Finance and tax Committee have the right to request documents and had to comply with.
the Chairman of The intelligence Committee in the Congress chamber, the Democrat Adam Schiff, told CNN that he anticipated though, that the Trump Administration would try to fight back legally against the claim. “But I think you will lose.”
The new move by the Democrats fits in with the General efforts of the party, their new strength in the house of representatives to play, and to examine Trumps activities in more detail. The Democrat-dominated judiciary Committee of the house of representatives had requested on Wednesday with a vote by the complete submission of the reporting by Russia-special investigator Robert Mueller.
Mueller was almost followed up for two years, the question of whether there was in the case of the alleged Russian Attempt to influence the presidential election in 2016, the collusion between Moscow and Trumps choice of fight camp. Recently, Mueller finished his work and handed over a confidential report to Minister of justice, William Barr.
Trump accused the Democrats, you’re obsessed
so Far, only one of Barr’s four-page summary known for writing and. It is, Mueller did not find any evidence of a collaboration between the Trump camp in the election campaign of 2016, with the Russian Authorities. On the question of whether Trump had made the justice-influence guilty, as he dismissed FBI chief, James Comey, did Mueller. Barr concluded, however, in its short version, there had been no obstruction by Trump.
The New York Times reported, members of Mueller’s Team were of the view that Barr does not have summarized their findings succinctly. In fact, these more burdensome for Trump as from Barr. Among the investigators, the concern is that in the Public a false impression waxes.
The Democrats don’t want to give a short summary and an Interpretation of the Minister of justice satisfied. You therefore demand the surrender of the entire report to the Congress – without significant Redactions. Barr had declared that he would submit the report about the middle of April. Some of the passages would have to be redacted for legal reasons. The Democrats, but that is not enough.
Trump sees Mueller’s report as a “complete discharge” of all the allegations against him in connection with Russia. He accused the Democrats, they were obsessed with it, to pin anything on him, and let nothing satisfy. On Thursday, he wrote on Twitter: “There is nothing, what we could give to the Democrats, that would make you happy.” This is the highest level of harassment against the President in the history of the United States.
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Pelosi rejected the. The US Congress have oversight responsibilities to the government, and those to come. To the address of Trump and his government, they said: “Show us the Mueller report, show us the tax returns! We will not give in, just because you say the first Time, no.“ (dpa)
