Trump lawyers return to court to block House subpoena for tax records

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A House panel says it wants to revamp conflict-of-interest and financial disclosure laws.

President Trump’s lawyers and the Justice Department will return to court Tuesday to try to stop House Democrats from enforcing their subpoena for the president’s tax and financial records.from congressional investigation, but the justices put the subpoena on hold. The case is now back before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for a more detailed review of Congress’s request to access Trump’s personal financial records held by his longtime accounting firm.

Trump is the “first President in modern history to refuse to fully disclose or divest from his business holdings upon assuming the Presidency. His ongoing financial interests create the risk that his decision-making as President may be influenced by private financial considerations,” Douglas Letter, general counsel for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , told the court ahead of Tuesday’s oral argument.Trump’s lawyers want the court to invalidate the subpoena, and they questioned lawmakers’ intentions.

 

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