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Former President Donald Trump may have a tough week ahead with two meetings that could determine his fate are set to go ahead.
The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to release the ex-president's tax returns this week, much toTrump's frustration.
In addition, the January 6 committee, which has looked at his alleged involvement in the insurrection in 2021, will hold its final public meeting and conclude whether criminal referrals need to be made to the Department of Justice.
In November, the committee finally obtained almost six years' worth of Trump's federal income tax returns after he had tried to block their release by the Internal Revenue Service.
The committee is set to meet on Tuesday to decide whether to make Trump's tax returns public.
Over the weekend Trump expressed his frustration at this prospect and insisted that the tax returns would not clearly show how wealthy he and his companies are.
"The highly partisan Unselect Committee is illegally leaking confidential info to anyone that will listen," Trump wrote on Truth Social late on Sunday.
"Adam 'Shifty' Schiff is all over T.V. talking about Criminal Referrals, just like he was on the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, which turned out to be the con of the century. How much longer are Republicans, and American Patriots in general, going to allow this to happen?" he added.
"These are the Criminals who spied on my campaign, cheated on the Election, lied to FISA Court & Congress. They are SICK!" Trump concluded.
In another post, Trump added that his company has "lots of cash" and some of the "greatest assets anywhere," but reiterated that this would not be apparent in his tax returns.
He said: "You will be seeing these numbers soon, but not all from my tax returns, which show relatively little," he said. "EVERYONE will be impressed."
While the release of his tax returns has seemingly annoyed the ex-president, the findings of the January 6 committee could see Trump face a jail term for offenses related to the Capitol riot.
Some legal experts have already predicted the offenses the committee could present the Department of Justice with evidence of after its Monday meeting.
Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner tweeted a video of himself on Saturday explaining that Trump could face three main charges, namely obstruction, conspiracy and insurrection.
In his video, Kirschner said that Trump obstructed an official proceeding and interfered with the certification of Joe Biden's election win.
This charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison while conspiracy carries a maximum term of five years.
Kirschner also highlighted the significance of Trump potentially being charged with insurrection, which, should this occur, would derail his 2024 presidential campaign.
He said: "The punishment for the crime of insurrection includes a maximum prison term of 10 years. But it also prohibits somebody who was convicted of insurrection from holding federal office in the future."
Newsweek has contacted Donald Trump for comment.
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