House lawmakers sue Trump administration for president's tax returns

Ways and means committee’s lawsuit is latest salvo in clash between Democrats and president

A House committee sued the Trump administration in federal court Tuesday for access to Donald Trump’s tax returns, setting up a legal showdown over the records.

The House ways and means committee said it needed the documents for an investigation into tax law compliance by the president, among other things. It asked the court to order the administration to turn over the documents.

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