Biden Administration Asks for More Time on Decision to Release Trump Taxes

(Bloomberg) -- The Biden administration is again asking a federal judge for another month to decide whether to turn over former president Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress.

In a court filing on Wednesday, the Treasury Department said it was still weighing how to respond to a subpoena by House Democrats seeking six years of Trump’s personal and business tax returns. It was the second such request for a delay by the department this month. On March 3, a judge agreed to extend the deadline to March 31.

After the previous extension, attorneys for House Democrats said any delay “should be limited, given how long the Committee’s request has been stymied.” But on Wednesday, House Democrats joined the Biden administration in requesting a delay to April 30. They said the parties “have had communications, and anticipate further communications, that may inform” the government’s position on whether to hand over the returns.

The court filing is part of a multi-pronged legal battle to gain access to the returns, after Trump became the first president in modern history not to release them to the public. This case dates to 2019, when the House Ways and Means Committee sued to compel then-Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to hand over the records.

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