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How Trump's Tax Returns Could Become Public If Democrats Win The House

President Trump talks to reporters before leaving the White House on Oct. 15, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Every president since Jimmy Carter has voluntarily released their tax returns to the public. President Trump has not.

But if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in November and assume the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, they may be able to get the Treasury Department to release Trump’s tax returns.

‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with , professor of law and taxation at the University of Virginia School of Law and former chief of staff of.

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