An attorney hired by President Trump on Friday told the Treasury Department that it should not turn over the president’s tax returns until it receives a legal opinion from the Justice Department. William S. Consovoy, the attorney, attacked the request from Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, as […]
By Washington Post Staff April 5 at 4:10 PM An attorney hired by President Trump on Friday told the Treasury Department that it should not turn over the president’s tax returns until it receives a legal opinion from the Justice Department.
William S. Consovoy, the attorney, attacked the request from Rep. Richard E. Neal , chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, as a “gross abuse of power.”
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