Trump’s tax returns will finally become public

House Democrats will release Trump’s tax returns; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the White House.

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What to know about Trump's tax returns

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• House Democrats on Tuesday voted to release six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns in the latest setback for the former president. [Politico / Brian Faler and Benjamin Guggenheim]
• Though Trump paid $1.1 million in federal income taxes from 2017-2019, the returns show he paid nothing in 2020 after carrying over significant losses to lower his tax liability. [New York Times / Mike McIntire, Russ Buettner, and Susanne Craig]
• Democrats also found the IRS failed to conduct a mandatory audit of Trump until the House tax committee chairman requested one in 2019. [The Hill / Tobias Burns]
• The committee says it will release the full tax returns in the coming days after redacting sensitive information. [CNN / Jeanne Sahadi, Katie Lobosco, and David Goldman]
• Some Republicans have threatened to retaliate against President Joe Biden and Democrats for the tax return release when the GOP takes control of the House in January. [USA Today / Donovan Slack, David Jackson, and Kevin McCoy]

Zelenskyy's trip to Washington

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington on Wednesday for his first trip abroad since Russia’s February invasion. [Vox / Jonathan Guyer and Li Zhou]
• Zelenskyy met with President Joe Biden and delivered a primetime speech to Congress to solidify US support for Ukraine as Russia steps up its attacks on Kyiv. [New York Times / Michael D. Shear and Emily Cochrane]
• Officials arranged the trip in secret over concerns about Zelenskyy’s safety; he first traveled by train to Poland and was then flown to the White House aboard a US military aircraft. [CNN / Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez]
• Meanwhile, Biden announced roughly $2 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, which includes Patriot missile systems to bolster Ukraine’s defense against Russian airstrikes. [Wall Street Journal / Michael R. Gordon, Gordon Lubold, and Nancy A. Youssef

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• Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has agreed to be extradited from the Bahamas to the US to face federal prosecution. [Politico / Sam Sutton]

“Trump’s returns likely look similar to those of many other wealthy tax cheats — hundreds of partnership interests, highly questionable deductions, and debts that can be shifted around to wipe out tax liabilities.”

[Senate Finance Committee chair Ron Wyden on Trump’s taxes / The Hill]

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