Donald Trump’s tax returns to be released by US Congress
- A Democrats-controlled US House panel voted to release former US president Donald Trump’s tax returns
- The move could lead to more unwelcome scrutiny for Trump as he mounts another White House bid
US lawmakers voted to make public Donald Trump’s tax returns, ending a years-long battle by the former president to keep the filings private as his cloudy financial past continues to stoke controversy.
The Republican leader – who is running for the White House again after losing the 2020 election – broke with presidential tradition by refusing to release the records, triggering feverish speculation about what they might contain.
The Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee voted along party lines, 24-16, to release six years of the billionaire’s filings – one of its last actions before the reins are handed to the Republicans in January.
Democratic congressman Lloyd Doggett told CNN a summary report would be sent to the full House of Representatives with analysis from the US Congress Joint Committee on Taxation – along with the raw returns.
“That may be delayed for a few days, only to permit time for redacting things like social security numbers … that kind of thing,” he said.
The vote came after committee chairman Richard Neal won access to the documents, covering 2015-20, at the end of a protracted legal fight that went all the way to the Supreme Court.