Dems Got Washed Up 45's Taxes!

The delays are over, the Dems got his tax returns.

The Democrats got one more month before the noise take back control. In the meantime, the committees overseeing accountability will finally get a look at Washed Up 45's taxes.

The former president tried to get the Supreme Court to put a hold on the request. It rejected his request and now the U.S. Treasury has released his taxes to the Democrats.

The Court rejected the emergency request to block the House Ways and Means Committee from obtaining his records, clearing the way for the panel to receive them.

"Treasury has complied with last week's court decision," a spokesperson for the department told Insider on Wednesday. CNN first reported the news.

The department declined to confirm whether the committee had obtained or seen the records yet, and its chairman, Rep. Richard Neal, also did not say. The Massachusetts congressman told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday that Democrats plan to meet together as a caucus to discuss next moves, though he did not delve further into the matter. A spokesperson for the lawmaker did not immediately return Insider's request for comment.

Neal had first requested the records in April 2019, shortly after Democrats won the House in the 2018 midterm elections. Washed Up 45 had legally challenged releasing his returns over the years, yet the Supreme Court last week ultimately dismissed his bid.

Neal had asked for the former president's personal tax returns and those of his businesses from the Internal Revenue Service as part of an investigation into the agency's auditing process. Washed Up 45 had infamously broke with tradition when he refused to publicly release his tax records during his 2016 campaign and kept them under wraps during his term in office. The former president had defended that he was under audit, though records can still be released then.

It's unclear what House Democrats' plans are for Washed Up 45's records, and whether they will be released publicly. The party has little time, however, to review the returns as Republicans are set to take over the lower chamber on January 3 and don't intend to take up the issue.