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Trump’s tax returns

House Ways and Means Committee

The committee is seeking six years of Mr. Trump’s personal and business tax returns. Technically, the request was made as part of a committee investigation into the I.R.S.’s practice of conducting mandatory audits of presidents, but the president’s allies say the committee’s real goal is to get the returns. (Mr. Trump is the first president in four decades to not publicly release his tax returns.) The Treasury Department said on May 6 that it would not release the returns voluntarily, and the committee issued a subpoena, setting up a legal battle that is likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court. The House filed a lawsuit on July 2 to force the Treasury Department to turn over the tax returns.