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Appeals court refuses Trump request to consider shielding tax returns from House Committee
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The decision clears the way for the committee to obtain the financial records Trump has repeatedly fought to keep from Congress, but his legal team could still appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected former President Donald Trump's bid to reconsider a previous ruling that his tax returns must be handed over to a congressional committee.
By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The House Ways and Means Committee is set to receive former President Donald Trump’s IRS tax returns in one week after a federal appeals court on Thursday declined Trump’s request to hold up the release.
The committee had never before requested the returns of a sitting president. However, Trump himself also broke long-standing precedent by refusing to release his returns since launching his campaign in 2015, citing an ongoing audit.
Former President Trump's bid to stop his tax returns from being released to Congress was denied by the full bench of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The decision clears the way for the committee to obtain the financial records Trump has repeatedly fought to keep from Congress, but his legal team could still appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
