Rep. Kevin Brady warned that the public release of former President Donald Trump's tax returns could lead to similar disclosures about Supreme Court justices.
Brady, the committee's Republican leader, began his remarks by saying the proposed release would mark"unprecedented action" that he said"will jeopardize the right of every American to be protected from political targeting byRepresentative Kevin Brady speaks alongside fellow Republicans prior to a committee meeting about the public release of former President Donald Trump's tax returns, on December 20 in Washington, D.C.
"Our concern is that, if taken, this committee action will set a terrible precedent that unleashes a dangerous new political weapon that reaches far beyond the former president and overturns decades of privacy protections for average Americans that have existed since the Watergate reforms," Brady said.
Brady said whoever leads the committee in the future"will have nearly unlimited power to target and make public the tax returns of private citizens. And not just private citizens: political enemies, business and labor leaders, or even the returns of Supreme Court justices themselves." C-SPAN streamed Brady's press conference live shortly before the committee voted to move its meeting into executive session. In the hours that followed, people responded to Brady's warnings on social media.
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