Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ) wants "go back 15 to 20 years" on Trump's tax returns. #SoMuchWinning
In an interview with the Washington Post, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ) says that he wants to get several years worth of Trumps taxes to have a truly comprehensive picture of his finances.
Specifically, Pascrell says that hed like to go back 15 to 20 years, and I dont say that haphazardly, because we want to know how involved he was in certain shady business deals.
According to the Post, Democrats plan on using a little-known 1924 provision in the Internal Revenue Code that
requires the treasury secretary to deliver the tax returns of any individual if requested by the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee or the Joint Committee on Taxation.
The Trump administration would likely challenge this in court and demand that Congress deliver a legal justification for what would essentially be a subpoena of the presidents taxes.
However, Pascrell says that
Democrats have their bases covered there as well, as they plan to cite potential conflicts of interest posed by the presidents foreign business dealings, as well as concerns that transactions that foreign governments have with his businesses could violate the Constitutions emoluments clause.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/house-democrats-plan-obtain-15-20-years-trumps-tax-returns-next-year/