Former president Donald Trump has launched a last-ditch appeal to keep the House Ways and Means committee from gaining access to tax returns he has taken pains to keep secret since he started his 2016 presidential campaign.
In an emergency appeal filed with the Supreme Court on Monday, lawyers for the twice-impeached former president claim allowing the Department of the Treasury to follow US law by turning over six years of his tax returns at the request of House Ways and Means chairman Ritchie Neal, a Democrat, would “undermine the separation of powers and render the office of the Presidency vulnerable to invasive information demands from political opponents in the legislative branch”.
