Trump tax return-related documents to be released by congressional committee
Documents related to former President Donald Trump's tax returns will be released by the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee. The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to make public some documents related to former President Donald Trump's tax returns -- a move Trump has long fought. The committee met for several hours behind closed doors Tuesday afternoon and then returned to vote 24-16 in open session to release the information related to Trump's tax returns from 2015-2020. It's not clear what documents will be released or ultimately included in the committee's report but there will be two days to redact sensitive information before anything is made public. Chairman Richard Neal, D- Mass., said after the vote, "This is not being punitive. This is not about being malicious." The committee earlier unanimously voted to have a transcript of the closed proceedings released when appropriate. Before the c...