So much has been said about the alleged "pee pee tape" and I don't doubt that there may be one but I don't think Don the Con would care if that was revealed. His lemmings would probably cheer him on if they saw it.
What would bother him is people knowing about his finances or "deals" with Russia.
I think that is why we are now seeing him losing his mind on twitter again.
Those tax returns would reveal a lot IMO and if he has nothing to hide he shouldn't have held them back.
"Putin summit puts spotlight back on Trump's tax returns" [...] "Under federal law, the chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee and Joint Committee on Taxation can request tax returns from the Treasury Department and then view the documents in a closed session."
Republican Kevin Brady, Texas, Chair House Ways and Means Committee
U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady is in the perfect spot to reshape the American economy
Kevin Brady, an eleven-term congressman from the Woodlands, is at the center of the biggest political debates unfolding in Washington, D.C., right now as chairman of the U.S. House's pivotal Ways and Means Committee.
by Abby Livingston Jan. 26, 2017 12 AM
U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, in his office in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., September 21, 2016. Allison Shelley for The Texas Tribune
WASHINGTON — There is hardly a Texan to be found in Washington who is more at the center of this new world Trump order than U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady.
The 11-term congressman from the Woodlands is the chairman of the U.S. House's tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, putting him in the driver's seat amid the biggest economic issues of the day: trade deals, overhauling the tax code, the repeal of the 2010 health care law and the national deficit.
"This won’t happen but once a generation," he told The Texas Tribune from his chairman's office at the U.S. Capitol. "We can’t tweak a few things and call it a day. We really need to go bold."
Brady took the committee gavel a little over a year ago. But back then, the Republican-controlled Congress was in a perpetual stalemate with former President Obama. Now a Republican, albeit one who can be at odds with his own party, is president — and Brady has his best opportunity to move legislation that could dramatically change the American economy.
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House Republican rules dictate Brady is term-limited at the post. This, plus the momentum behind Trump and Republicans will make this moment the peak of his power and activity at Ways and Means. .. more - https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/26/brady-tax-reform/
‘You are one heckuva leader’: After tax vote, Sen. Orrin Hatch says Trump may become the best president ever
President Donald Trump acknowledges Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah., as he speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
And apparently the two above take turns as Chair Joint Committee on Taxation
"The Joint Committee is chaired on a rotating basis by the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. During the first Session of each Congress the House has the joint committee chair and the Senate has the vice-chair; during the second session the roles are reversed." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Committee_on_Taxation#Structure
So it seems (please correct me if i'm wrong) we are left with just the two, Kevin Brady and Orrin Hatch, who are able to request Trump's tax returns from the Treasury Department. As long as they don't they are in the least enabling Trump in his continuing to obstruction of justice maneuvers.
Why won’t Republicans finally demand Trump release his tax returns?
by Helaine Olen July 18
[...]
More than two-thirds of American voters want to see Trump’s tax returns, according to a recent Quinnipac poll. More than half believe the reason he’s refusing to release them is because “he has something to hide.” Like with most political questions in the United States, however, the results are starkly divided by political allegiance. While 9 out of 10 Democrats wanted to his tax filings to be made public, only 3 out of 10 Republicans agreed it was necessary or desirable. That probably explains why congressional Republicans continue to enable Trump’s wish to keep his tax returns hidden, no matter the cost to the country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/07/18/why-wont-republicans-finally-demand-trump-release-his-tax-returns/?utm_term=.0d80122c7365
The general behavior of the GOP under Trump will serve as a future case study of how a political party can put politics and personal power ahead of the welfare of the country, and it's people.