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Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee's
closed-door meeting will come just two weeks before Republicans
are set to assume the majority in the House, which they narrowly
won in November's midterm elections.
That leaves the Democrats little time to decide what, if
anything, to do with Trump's returns before losing the power to
set the committee's agenda.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the committee's favor last
month. The committee formally announced a meeting on Tuesday,
relating to "documents protected under the Internal Revenue
Code" without specifying Trump.
Trump was the first presidential candidate in decades to not
release his tax returns during either of his campaigns for
president.
Ways and Means Democrats have said they need to see Trump's
records to assess whether the Internal Revenue Service is
properly auditing presidential tax returns and to gauge whether
new legislation is needed.
Questions remain about what the committee will do with Trump's
taxes after the gavel goes to the Republicans in January.
The documents are still subject to federal confidentiality
restrictions, but Democratic lawmakers could make some details
public, possibly after a vote by the full House.
(Reporting by Moira Warburton; additional reporting by David
Morgan; Editing by Scott Malone and Bill Berkrot)
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