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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.
Edition · April 8, 2019
The Daily Fuckup — April 8, 2019
2 verified reports published on April 8, 2019.
This edition is the complete daily record. Reports remain separate so readers can see each claim, source set, correction, and update without one article being mislabeled as the entire edition.
Closing take
The common thread on April 8 was simple: when Trump-world got cornered, it reached for delay, denial, and procedural fog instead of a clean explanation. That may buy time in the short run, but it also makes every next step look more suspicious than the last.
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Congress keeps tightening the screws on Trump’s finances
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