House committee obtains Trump's federal tax returns after SCOTUS clears way

Donald Trump.
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The Internal Revenue Service has turned six years of federal income tax returns of former President Donald Trump over to the House Ways and Means Committee, after a recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the way.

"Treasury has complied with last week's court decision," a Treasury Department spokesperson said Wednesday.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.