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US House committee votes to make Trump tax returns public

Documents arrive at the US House Ways and Means Committee as it considered whether to publicly release six years of tax records related to former President Donald Trump [Andrew Harnik/AP Photo]

A committee in the United States House of Representatives has voted to publicly release years of tax returns obtained from former President Donald Trump, capping a years-long legal and political battle that started when he was in the White House.

The Ways and Means Committee, a body responsible for overseeing tax-related issues, voted 24-16 in a closed-door session on Tuesday, in what was seen as the last opportunity for the Democrat-led panel to broach the issue.

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