An independent watchdog at the Treasury Department is looking into how the agency handled House Democrats’ demands for President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
Acting Inspector General Rich Delmar said he will investigate who was consulted on the issue and how the department came to reject Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal’s demands for the records, a decision the Massachusetts Democrat is now fighting into court.
Delmar said it’s unclear yet whether his inquiry will also consider a whistleblower’s allegations that someone tried to improperly influence the IRS’s audits of Trump.
“Chairman Neal has asked Treasury OIG to inquire into the process by which the department received, evaluated and responded to the committee’s request for federal tax information,” said Delmar. “We are undertaking that inquiry.”
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An independent watchdog at the Treasury Department is looking into how the agency handled House Democrats’ demands for Trump’s tax returns https://t.co/NYx6uVWA6I
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