“Although federal law establishes no deadline for a response to your request, we expect to provide the Committee with a final decision by May 6, after receiving the Justice Department’s legal conclusions,” Mnuchin wrote in a letter to House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal.
Following delivery of Treasury’s letter, Neal put out a statement saying “Mnuchin notified me that once again, the IRS will miss the deadline … I plan to consult with counsel about my next steps.”
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The Massachusetts Democrat has indicated that defying his request — as the IRS was expected to do — would be interpreted as noncompliance and lead to an escalation in the standoff between the administration and House Democrats over the President’s financial records.
Democrats argue that it is up to Rettig, a Trump appointee , and not Mnuchin to release the returns.
Source: Treasury misses deadline to turn over Trump tax returns
