Subpoenas issued for six years of Donald Trump tax returns

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The chairman of a US Congressional committee has issued subpoenas for President Donald Trump's tax returns.

Richard Neal said in a statement he did not "take this step lightly", but believed it gave the committee "the best opportunity" to get the documents.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have until 17:00 (21:00 GMT) on 17 May to hand over six years of records.

The White House has so far refused requests to hand over the information.

Unlike previous presidents, Mr Trump has refused to disclose his tax details.

He has repeatedly said he is under audit by the IRS and so cannot release them - although the IRS says an audit would not stop the release of the information.

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