Donald Trump (76) could no longer defend himself against the release of his tax papers. “The Treasury Department has complied with last week’s court ruling,” US media quoted a spokesman for the ministry as saying on Wednesday.
Trump had for years refused to use legal means to release the documents — and finally failed last week in the nation’s highest court. The Supreme Court had rejected a request from his lawyers to stop sending tax documents to the Democrat-led Treasury Committee in the House of Representatives.
What is Trump hiding?
Contrary to common practice in the United States, real estate entrepreneur Trump did not make his tax returns public, either as a presidential candidate or after taking office in the White House. Critics therefore suspect that the Republican has something to hide.
The Democrats want to check, among other things, whether the documents show a conflict of interest of the entrepreneur and whether he has used dubious methods to save tax. Two weeks ago, Trump announced that he would run again as the Republican presidential candidate in the 2024 election.
The public will have to wait
According to the reports, the documents are not expected to be released to the public immediately. It also remained unclear whether the members of the committee could already view the documents.
For the committee, the Supreme Court’s decision was a last-minute success: now that Republicans have won the US midterm elections and will rule the House of Representatives in early January, the Democrat-led body has little time to adapt. close to the point.
Trump is currently embroiled in several legal disputes — including over taking secret government documents to his private estate after leaving the White House. (SDA)