Sen. Chuck Grassley explained why he wasn’t interested in seeing President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns, on “Fox & Friends” Monday.
“Listen, you’re asking me as chairman of the Finance Committee, we would have opportunity to see [Trump’s tax returns] too. I don’t want to see them,” he said.
“I am not going to request them and you’re asking me in regard to Trump. I want to tell you that I look at this not from the point of view of Trump, but what is legitimate for Congress to do looking at people’s tax returns,” the Iowa Republican continued. “It’s not to know who the tax returns are. It’s supposed to serve a legislative purpose.”
Grassley also said there should be an expectation of privacy with regard to personal tax information and expressed concerns about weaponizing the IRS to neutralize political enemies.
“In fact the privacy of your tax returns are guaranteed by Section 6103,” he continued.
