白宫对理查德·尼克松总统的顾问表示，唐纳德·特朗普总统对于公布他的纳税申报单似乎“极度紧张”，因为德意志银行暗示它持有国会要求的文件副本。
德意志银行在纽约联邦上诉法院的一份文件中表示，它持有与国会传票主题相关的纳税申报单，但以客户保密和合同协议为由修改了名称。特朗普与德意志银行有着长期的关系。
“此外，该行还有此类文件，这些文件与传票中未列名但可能构成传票定义范围内的‘直系亲属’的当事人有关，”该文件称，这被广泛解释为特朗普总统及其子女。
“特朗普可能会有很多麻烦，”约翰·迪恩(John Dean)说，他帮助策划了水门事件，并承认在事件中妨碍司法公正。周二晚上告诉美国有线电视新闻网。
迪恩猜测纳税申报单中可能包含哪些信息，比如关于他财富的虚假和欺诈性财务报表，他的财富比他声称的要少得多，或者与可能是贷款抵押签名的“不道德的人”有联系。
“我们不知道。但是有些事情让他非常紧张，”迪恩在有线电视新闻网主持人唐·莱蒙的节目中说。
“我认为，他知道得够多了，你不会真的弄乱这些，因为如果你在财务报表或纳税申报单上作出实质性的失实陈述，你可能会陷入严重的麻烦。所以这是一个危险的区域。”
特朗普总统的律师、特朗普组织和白宫没有立即做出回应新闻周刊美国的评论请求。
特朗普、他的房地产生意和他的家人是多次国会调查的目标。其中一项调查是众议院金融服务委员会，该委员会传唤德意志银行提交特朗普的纳税申报单。
他们都在起诉德意志银行，以阻止金融文件的公开发布。那儿有与马札尔的类似战斗特朗普家族的会计师也受到国会传讯，并表示将遵守。
委员会听取了特朗普声名狼藉的前调解人兼私人律师迈克尔·科恩的证词，他目前因欺诈和向国会撒谎而服刑降低他资产的价值以减少他的税单。
此外，科恩在2月份作证时告诉委员会，特朗普还夸大了他对保险公司的资产价值。他说证实他证词的信息可以在总统的纳税申报单上找到。
德意志银行周二在上诉法院提交的这封信，是对要求其澄清是否持有国会传票中点名的个人和实体的纳税申报单的回应，特朗普总统是其中的核心目标。
尽管承认确实持有相关的纳税申报单，但该银行认为，根据《格拉姆-利奇-布利利法案》，“金融机构通常不允许在未经其同意的情况下披露其客户的非公开个人信息”，从而证明了其修订的合理性。
该行还表示，在如何“单方面披露某些个人信息”方面，它“对客户负有合同义务”，并表示，披露任何“不适当”或“超出必要范围”的信息，都有民事责任的风险。
德意志银行补充称，法院关于提交敏感材料的“既定先例”支持这里寻求的有限修订这封信的一个未经修改的版本被封存在法庭上。
2019年8月26日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普抵达DC华盛顿白宫南草坪，从海军陆战队一号出发。德意志银行似乎在一份法庭文件中确认，它持有特朗普的纳税申报单。
DONALD TRUMP 'EXTREMELY NERVOUS' ABOUT TAX RETURNS, SAYS NIXON'S WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL: 'THERE COULD BE A LOT OF TROUBLE'
The White House counsel to President Richard Nixon said President Donald Trump looks "extremely nervous" about the release of his tax returns after Deutsche Bank implied that it holds copies of the documents sought by Congress.
Deutsche Bank said in a filing at a New York federal appeals court that it holds tax returns relating to the subject of congressional subpoenas, but redacted the name, citing client confidentiality and contractual agreements. Trump has long had a relationship with Deutsche Bank.
"In addition, the Bank has such documents related to parties not named in the subpoenas but who may constitute 'immediate family' within the definition provided in the subpoenas," the filing stated, in what is widely interpreted to mean President Trump and his children.
"There could be a lot of trouble there for Mr. Trump," John Dean, who helped orchestrate the Watergate scandal and pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice during the affair, told CNN on Tuesday night.
Dean speculated about what information could be contained within the tax returns, such as false and fraudulent financial statements about his wealth, that he has much less riches than he claims, or links to "unsavory people" who may have been collateral signatures on loans.
"We don't know. But there's something there that makes him extremely nervous," Dean said on CNN host Don Lemon's show.
"He, I think, knows enough that you don't really mess with those because you can get in serious trouble if you make substantial misrepresentations either on your financial statements or your tax returns. So that's a dangerous area."
President Trump's attorney, the Trump Organization, and the White House did not respond immediately to Newsweek's requests for comment.
Trump, his real estate business, and his family are the targets of multiple congressional investigations. Among those probing is the House Financial Services Committee, which subpoenaed Deutsche Bank for Trump's tax returns.
They are all suing Deutsche Bank to prevent the public release of financial documents. There is a similar battle with Mazars, the Trump family's accountant, which is also subject to congressional subpoenas and said it will comply.
The committee heard testimony from Trump's disgraced former fixer and personal attorney Michael Cohen, currently serving out a prison sentence for fraud and lying to Congress, that his old boss deflated the value of his assets to reduce his tax bill.
Moreover, Cohen told the committee during his testimony in February that Trump also inflated the value of his assets to insurance companies. He said information that corroborated his testimony could be found on the president's tax returns.
Deutsche Bank's letter filed at the appeals court on Tuesday was in response to a request that it clarify whether or not it holds the tax returns of the individuals and entities named in the congressional subpoenas, of which President Trump is the central target.
Though admitting that it did indeed hold related tax returns, the bank justified its redactions by arguing that under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act "financial institutions are generally not permitted to disclose nonpublic personal information of their customers" without their consent.
The bank also said it "owes contractual obligations to its customers" over how it "may unilaterally disclose certain personal information," and that it risked civil liability with any "inappropriate" or "broader-than-necessary" disclosure.
Deutsche Bank added that the court's "established precedent" about filing sensitive material "supports the limited redaction sought here." An unredacted version of the letter was filed under seal to the court.
US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One upon arrival on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, August 26, 2019. Deutsche Bank appeared to confirm in a court filing that it holds Trump's tax returns.
