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GOP warns Trump tax request sets ‘dangerous standard'

Congressional Republicans on Thursday criticized efforts by House Democrats to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns with House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy warning that the request "sets a dangerous standard of having the federal government used as a political weapon" and dismissing the move as "a waste of time."