China News Agency, Washington, December 20 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The Ways and Means Committee of the US House of Representatives voted on the 20th local time to release the tax returns of former President Trump.

　　In the vote that day, 24 votes were in favor and 16 votes were against, and the voting results were completely drawn according to party lines.

All Democrats voted yes, all Republicans voted no.

　　Neal, chairman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, said that Trump's tax returns will be released "in a few days" and sensitive content such as personal information needs to be removed before publication.

　　It is reported that the content that will be released this time includes Trump's tax returns from 2015 to 2020.

　　In order to obtain Trump's tax returns, the House Ways and Means Committee asked the Treasury Department to provide them in 2019, but was rejected by then Treasury Secretary Mnuchin.

With Biden taking office as the President of the United States, the committee will submit the request to the Treasury Department again in 2021 and obtain approval from the Treasury Department.

Trump, the outgoing president, then sued the House Ways and Means Committee and the Treasury Department.

　　On August 9 this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of the District of Columbia ruled that the House Ways and Means Committee has the right to obtain Trump tax records from the Internal Revenue Service under the U.S. Treasury Department.

Trump's legal team appealed to the Federal Supreme Court on October 31, requesting that the tax form not be submitted for the time being.

On November 22, the Supreme Court rejected Trump's application to suspend the submission of tax returns and allowed the House Ways and Means Committee to obtain Trump's tax returns.

　　It is customary for U.S. presidential candidates to release their tax records during the campaign.

Trump is the only U.S. president in more than 40 years whose tax records have not been released.

On November 15, Trump announced that he would run for president of the United States again.

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