Democrats might release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Dec. 1.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the decision would be up to Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) and members of the House Ways and Means Committee.
“That’s a judgment they’re going to have to make,” she told reporters during a briefing in Washington.
The judgment would be in keeping with the purpose of acquiring the returns, which Neal has said is examining the way the IRS audits presidents and considering legislative reform to the program, Pelosi added.
“I would hope that the public would have the opportunity to see but again, it’s complicated. It’s technical, it’s legal,” she also said. “And Richie Neal has handled this with great dignity. There have been those in the public who were saying he should be doing this and you should be doing that. No, you should be handling it with the dignity that it deserves.”…