WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Friday that it would not comply with congressional subpoenas to provide six years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
“In reliance on the advance of the Department of Justice, we have determined that the Committee’s request lacks a legitimate legislative purpose, and pursuant to section 6103, the Department is therefore not authorized to disclose the requested returns and return information,” Mnuchin wrote in a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Neal ahead of the 5 p.m. ET deadline to hand over the documents. "For the same reasons, we are unable to provide the requested information in response to the Committee’s subpoena."
Earlier in the day, Neal told reporters that he anticipated that the Treasury Department would not meet the deadline he had set.
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