Here's Trump's Strategy To Stop Democrats From Getting His Personal Financial Records
by the Democrat-controlled House on multiple fronts, a court hearing Tuesday highlighted his strategy to fend off inquiries into his personal business affairs.
In court on Tuesday, Trump's attorney William Consovoy pushed back on the judge's plan. He said they needed time to gather evidence that would go to Democrats' intent in issuing the subpoena — Trump's core argument is that this is all a politically motivated effort to harass him, and that the subpoenas aren't tied to any"legitimate legislative purpose."
Mehta made a small concession to Consovoy, giving him until May 18 to add any evidence to the record that he wanted. But he was unmoved by Consovoy's request for more time to brief and argue the issue, saying he thought both sides already cited all the relevant cases, and had the opportunity Tuesday to make any other arguments they wanted.Letter supported Mehta's plan to speed up the proceedings.
Mehta asked Consovoy if, by his logic, the congressional investigations into Nixon and Clinton went beyond the scope of Congress's constitutional authority. Consovoy said he would need to look more closely at those cases, and Mehta responded that they were"straightforward" — that Congress was investigating whether there were violations of law.
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