House of Representatives committee votes to release Trumps tax returns

House of Representatives committee votes to release Trump’s tax returns

US lawmakers on Tuesday voted to declassify the tax returns of former Republican President Donald Trump, who fought a years-long legal battle to keep them private.

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A House committee, meeting specifically on tax matters and with a Democratic majority pending the inauguration of the new Republican majority in early January, voted 24 in favor and 16 against to release the six-year billionaire tax sheets in 2015 and 2020.

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