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   Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib told Treasury Secretary   
   Steven Mnuchin at a testy hearing on Wednesday that he should   
   seek "personal" legal advice, effectively issuing a thinly   
   veiled threat following his refusal to turn President Trump's   
   personal tax information over to Congress.   
      
   "I would be remiss, as somebody that truly believes in the rule   
   of law, as somebody that has practiced law and is an attorney, I   
   would advise you, secretary, to get personal legal advice,"   
   Tlaib said, smirking slightly. "The cover-up by this   
   administration, it goes beyond just providing the taxes.   
      
   "You can consult the Department of Justice but you, personally,   
   making decisions – not on the best part of the American people,   
   but to cover up the occupant of the White House – I think you   
   need to be very, very clear about what your role is and what   
   your responsibility is to the American people," she continued.   
      
   Tlaib added: "So, secretary, please seek out legal advice,   
   personally, of what your obligations are, because the Department   
   of Justice is not protecting you, it's protecting the president."   
      
   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi echoed Tlaib's remarks, charging   
   later Wednesday that the president was "engaged in a cover-up."   
   Responding to Pelosi's claim in a fiery Rose Garden press   
   conference, Trump said simply, "I don't do cover-ups," and   
   called for an end to "phony investigations."   
      
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   Trump added that he had walked out of a meeting with Pelosi and   
   Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and he asserted   
   that pursuing infrastructure legislation would be impossible   
   while he was still under aggressive investigation.   
      
   Mnuchin, for his part, testified he has no idea who wrote a   
   confidential Internal Revenue Service legal memo that says that   
   tax returns must be given to Congress unless the president   
   asserts executive privilege.   
      
   Appearing before the House Financial Services Committee, Mnuchin   
   said he was not aware of the existence of the memo until   
   reporters from The Washington Post asked about it.   
      
   Mnuchin said it was a draft document. He told the committee he   
   believed he was following the law by refusing to turn over six   
   years of Trump's tax returns, which have been requested by Ways   
   and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass.   
      
   Mnuchin said he expected the dispute to ultimately be decided by   
   the courts.   
      
   Mnuchin has refused to turn over the tax returns despite a 1924   
   law that gives the chairs of the tax-writing committees in   
   Congress the power to request the returns of any taxpayer.   
      
   Mnuchin last Friday refused to obey a congressional subpoena to   
   turn over the returns, saying the request "lacks a legitimate   
   legislative purpose."   
      
   Mnuchin told lawmakers that he had not had any discussions on   
   the issue with Trump, who has said repeatedly that he can't turn   
   over his taxes because he is under IRS audit. Trump has not   
   asserted executive privilege to protect the returns.   
      
   Neal has said he expects to bring a lawsuit to force the   
   administration to comply with his subpoena.   
      
   When a number of Democrats pressed Mnuchin on the 1924 law,   
   Mnuchin said that "weaponizing the IRS is a major concern of   
   ours which affects taxpayers of both parties."   
      
   "So, Secretary, please seek out legal advice, personally, of   
   what your obligations are."   
      
   — Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib   
   Mnuchin's appearance Wednesday before the House Financial   
   Services Committee was a continuation of a hearing that had   
   ended with a tense standoff earlier in the month. Back then,   
   Mnuchin complained to Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-   
   Calif., that the hearing was going on too long and forcing him   
   to miss a meeting with the head of a foreign country.   
      
   Waters and Mnuchin were cordial with each other during   
   Wednesday's hearing. Mnuchin stayed until all lawmakers on the   
   panel had the chance to ask their questions, which covered a   
   number of issues -- from Trump's taxes to the status of the   
   redesign of the $20 bill and the trade dispute with China.   
      
   The administration increased tariffs on an initial $200 billion   
   of Chinese goods last week from 10 percent to 25 percent. But   
   broadening the tariffs to another $300 billion in goods will not   
   go into effect until after public hearings and a final decision   
   by the administration.   
      
   Fox News' Alex Pappas and The Associated Press contributed to   
   this report.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tlaib-tells-mnuchin-to-lawyer-   
   up-personally-after-refusing-to-turn-over-trump-tax-returns   
        
      
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