一家联邦上诉法院周二裁定，众议院筹款委员会(House Ways and Means Committee)可以获得唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的纳税申报单，这是对这位前总统向民主党议员隐瞒其财务状况的努力的最新打击。
在…里意见对于这个由三名法官组成的小组，罗纳德·里根任命的巡回法官大卫·森特勒(David Sentelle)写道，委员会的调查符合有效的立法目的，2019年对特朗普记录的要求不是侵犯他的第一修正案权利的报复行为。
“特朗普政党需要为潜在的立法提供信息，这在很大程度上超越了行政部门的负担，因为这种负担非常脆弱，”森特尔写道。
虽然该委员会表示，预计将“立即”收到回报，但尚不清楚这一过程将多快展开——因为特朗普仍可能对裁决提出上诉。
特朗普的发言人没有立即回应美国广播公司新闻的置评请求。
麻省理工学院理查德.尼尔主席。三年前，根据一项已有97年历史的法律，财政部首次采取行动，要求财政部向税务委员会主席“提供”任何纳税人的申报表。
民主党人在法庭上成功地辩称，报税是税务写作小组获得国税局总统审计项目审查并确定是否需要任何改革所必需的。
自2015年发起总统竞选以来，特朗普一直试图保密他的纳税申报单，声称由于审计，他无权公布这些文件。众议院小组在启动调查时引用了这一立场。
“主席在信中明确表示，特朗普政党的纳税申报单和申报信息在前总统中是独一无二的……了解这些复杂申报单的审计是如何进行的，对于了解审计计划是否有足够的人员和资源来处理如此复杂的信息是必要的，”森特尔在周二的观点中写道。
一旦委员会收到所要求的回报，他们将进行私下审查，但可以通过委员会成员的多数投票予以公开。
尽管特朗普可能会进一步上诉，但尼尔将最新的裁决吹捧为一场胜利。
Richard Neal speaks during an event at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 4, 2022.
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“我们以极大的耐心遵循了司法程序，而且我们的立场再次得到了法院的确认。我很高兴这个期待已久的意见表明法律站在我们这边。当我们收到回报时，我们将开始监督国税局的强制性总统审计项目，”尼尔在一份声明中说。
特朗普拒绝公布他的纳税申报单，导致人们多年来对他庞大而模糊的财务状况的猜测加剧，有关他过去商业行为和个人财富的报道也浮出水面。
上诉法院的裁决是在联邦调查局搜查特朗普在佛罗里达州的Mar-a-Lago住所一天后做出的。消息人士告诉美国广播公司，此次搜查与特朗普去年离开白宫后将机密文件运回家有关。特朗普将这次袭击称为政治迫害。
这位前总统在佐治亚州也受到法律审查——因为他试图推翻他在该州2020年的损失——在纽约，他被指控夸大他的业务价值。他否认了所有不法行为。
House committee can obtain Trump tax returns from IRS, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the House Ways and Means Committee can obtain Donald Trump's tax returns in the latest blow to the former president's effort to shield his finances from Democratic lawmakers.
Inthe opinionfor the three-judge panel, Circuit Judge David Sentelle, a Ronald Reagan appointee, wrote that the committee's investigation served a valid legislative purpose and that the 2019 request for Trump's records was not a retaliatory move in violation of his First Amendment rights.
"The need for the Trump Parties' information to inform potential legislation overrides the burden to the Executive Branch largely because that burden is so tenuous," Sentelle wrote.
While the committee said it expects to receive the returns "immediately," it's not clear how quickly that process will unfold -- given that Trump could still appeal the ruling.
A spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News.
Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal, D-Mass., first took action three years ago under a 97-year-old law that requires, by request, the treasury secretary to "furnish" the returns of any taxpayer to the chairman of the tax-writing panel.
Democrats successfully argued before the court that the returns were necessary for the tax-writing panel to obtain for a review of the IRS presidential audit program and to determine whether any reforms are needed.
Trump has sought to keep his tax returns under wraps ever since he launched his presidential bid in 2015, claiming that he was not at liberty to release the documents because of an audit. That position was cited by the House panel in launching its probe.
"[T]he Chairman made clear in his letter that the tax returns and return information of the Trump Parties are unique among former Presidents … and learning about how the audit of these complex returns proceeded is necessary to learn whether the Audit Program is sufficiently staffed and resourced to handle such complex information," Sentelle wrote in Tuesday's opinion.
Once the committee receives the requested returns, they are reviewed in private but could be made public by a majority vote of committee members.
Despite a possible further appeal from Trump, Neal touted the latest ruling as a win.
"With great patience, we followed the judicial process, and yet again, our position has been affirmed by the Courts. I'm pleased that this long-anticipated opinion makes clear the law is on our side. When we receive the returns, we will begin our oversight of the IRS's mandatory presidential audit program," Neal said in a statement.
Trump's refusal to release his tax returns has led to years of heightened speculation about his sprawling -- and murky -- finances, and reports have surfaced about the extent of his past business practices and personal wealth.
The appellate court's ruling comes a day after the FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. That search was carried out in connection to Trump's transport of classified documents to his home after leaving the White House last year, sources told ABC. Trump labeled the raid political persecution.
The former president is also under legal scrutiny in Georgia -- over his efforts to have his 2020 loss in the state overturned -- and in New York over allegations he inflated the value of his business. He has denied all wrongdoing.
