What did Donald Trump claim about law on 10 Apr 2019?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
No, there is no law. … There’s no law whatsoever.
There is such a law. Federal tax law says that on a written request from the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Treasury Secretary 'shall furnish' any tax return the request names.
26 U.S.C. § 6103(f)(1) provides: 'Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request' (Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 6103(f)(1)).
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- Remarks to reporters before departing the White House on Marine One.
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