Trump Tax Return Request May Be First Move in Business Probe

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal’s relatively narrow request for several of President Donald Trump’s business returns could be just the first step in unraveling the president’s business empire.

The Massachusetts Democrat chose to focus his request to the Internal Revenue Service on six years of business returns for eight entities, including holding companies associated with the president’s businesses and his golf club in Bedminster, N.J. The request also includes the trust that Trump placed his business interests in when he became president.

An aide for Ways and Means Democrats said the request singles out those entities ...