IRS must give Trump's tax returns to Congress, says US Justice Department

The committee said it needed Mr Trump’s taxes for an investigation into whether he complied with tax law

Donald Trump. File Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The US Justice Department has said the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee with former president Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.

During the Trump administration, then-treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said he would not turn over the tax returns because he concluded they were being sought by Democrats who control the House of Representatives for partisan reasons.