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House Democrats grilled Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday about how he would handle a request from Congress for the president's tax returns at a Capitol Hill budget hearing.  Democrats, led by the Ways and Means Committee and Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., are carefully preparing to request 10 years of the president's personal returns - and fight the subsequent legal battle expected - in the coming weeks. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., asked the Treasury Secretary, "Has President Trump ever asked you to intervene or ignore the coming request for his tax returns?"  "He has not," Mnuchin replied. Mnuchin also told the committee that he had "not discussed with anybody in the White House the issue of his tax returns or a request of his tax returns," and that he had "had no discussions with (Trump's) attorneys."  Before the hearing, Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Penn., told ABC News, "It would be completely legitimate to ask him about any topic that falls under his purview as secretary of the Treasury. It is actually a basic function of oversight that's one of the main responsibilities of Congress." 

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