Article snippet: Treasury Secretary MORE's tax returns by Wednesday — the deadline that Democrats had given the IRS to provide the documents. "The [House Ways and Means] Committee requests the materials by April 10, but the Treasury Department will not be able to complete its review of your request by that date," Mnuchin said in a letter to the committee's chairman, Rep. MORE (D-Mass.). Mnuchin said Treasury has started to discuss the issue with the Justice Department "to ensure that our response is fully consistent with the law and the Constitution." Mnuchin added that he would supervise Treasury's review of the request "to ensure that taxpayer protections and applicable laws are scrupulously observed, consistent with my statutory responsibilities." The announcement that Treasury will miss Democrats' deadline signals what could be a prolonged fight between Democrats and Trump over the president's tax returns. Neal last week sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking for six years of Trump’s personal and business tax returns. He made the request under Section 6103(f) of the federal tax code, which states that the Treasury secretary “shall furnish” tax returns requested by the chairmen of Congress’s tax committees, provided that returns be viewed in a closed session. In his request, Neal said the Ways and Means Committee wanted Trump’s tax returns because the panel is interested in legislative proposals and oversight relating to how the IRS audits presidents. Democ... Link to the full article to read more