Pelosi Urges Patience In Going After Trump’s Tax Returns

Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, will begin hearings this week on presidential tax returns.

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Updated at 4:15 p.m. ET

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is joining other top Democrats in warning that the road to releasing President Trump’s tax returns may be slower than activists are hoping.

Pelosi told reporters on Thursday that she knows “there’s this impatience” to see the full picture of Trump’s finances but Democrats have to proceed carefully. “It’s not a question of just sending a letter,” Pelosi said. “You have to do it in a very careful way.”