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- White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that Democrats will "never" see President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
- Mulvaney dismissed lawmakers’ calls for the returns as pleas for "attention" by way of a "political stunt."
White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday Democrats will "never" see President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
"Nor should they," Mulvaney said on "Fox News Sunday." "That’s an issue that was already litigated during the election. Voters knew the president could have given his tax returns. They knew that he didn’t and they elected him anyway."
Mick Mulvaney says Democrats just want "attention" and are engaging in a "political stunt" after the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard Neal, asked the IRS to provide six years of Trump’s personal tax returns and the returns for some of his businesses.
"That is not going to happen and they know it," Mulvaney added.
Last week, Massachusetts Democrat Neal, one of only three congressional officials authorized to request tax returns, set an April 10 deadline for the IRS to turn over Trump’s returns.
Trump broke with precedent when he chose not to release any tax returns as a presidential candidate.
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Source: Business Insider – zmiller@businessinsider.com (Zeke Miller)