Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives v. United States Department of the Treasury

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:19-cv-01974 (TNM) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, et al., Defendants, DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. MEMORANDUM OPINION Former President Donald J. Trump sues to keep the Treasury from giving his tax returns to the House Committee on Ways and Means, which can publish them. He marshals an array of evidence suggesting the Committee’s purported interest in the Presidential Audit Program, an IRS policy that requires audits of the sitting…