Mnuchin drags the White House into Trump’s tax-return fight
The Treasury secretary’s public handling of Congress’s request for Trump’s tax returns left the administration looking defensive, political, and legally cornered.
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The Treasury secretary’s public handling of Congress’s request for Trump’s tax returns left the administration looking defensive, political, and legally cornered.
The push for Trump financial records kept gathering force, turning a private secrecy fight into a broader institutional showdown.