Fight over Trump’s financial records accelerates, could land at Supreme Court as 2020 race peaks

By Ann E. Marimow and Ann E. Marimow Reporter covering legal affairs Email Bio Follow Robert Barnes Robert Barnes Reporter covering the U.S. Supreme Court Email Bio Follow May 23 at 6:05 PM A federal appeals court in Washington said Thursday that it will expedite its review of President Trump’s request to block a congressional subpoena seeking financial records from the president’s accounting firm.

The decision Thursday by a three-judge panel puts that agreement in effect and calls for oral argument July 12. The timeline allows the case to move swiftly by court standards and could set up a decision from the Supreme Court that could land in the thick of the 2020 presidential campaign. Rao was recently nominated to the bench by Trump to replace Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. Millett was nominated by President Barack Obama and Tatel by President Bill Clinton.

The president’s lawyers say the subpoena demands serve no legitimate legislative purpose and that lawmakers are overstepping their authority to conduct investigations. “The case law makes clear that ‘motives alone would not vitiate an investigation which had been instituted by a House of Congress if that assembly’s legislative purpose is being served,’ ” Mehta wrote, quoting from the court’s decision in a 1957 case, Watkins v. U.S.

If the president’s lawyers lose on appeal at the D.C. Circuit, experts watching the legal battle expect an immediate request to the Supreme Court to stop the release of the material.

So he admitted that no one, inlcluding the IRS have never gone over Trumps financial records they way they will be gone over now. Interesting. I thought his taxes were sooooo tied up by the IRS. Lie?

realDonaldTrump's biggest scam is if there is nothing to see in his financial records but the history of an American businessman; imagine that news during the election. He and GOP will have a field day.

SpeakerPelosi is third in line for the Presidency. She’s worth north of $190,000,000 and has been in politics her entire life. She refuses to release her tax returns. Someone should sue to get them, she may be hiding something Otherwise, how do you explain her wealth

This is where you see his real success as President. Stacking the courts. It will save him. Too bad it does nothing for the rest of us. it's just never about the American people with this guy.

I am wondering how is the Soviet Union hush money ratio in his balance sheet

We’ll really teach that bastardized a lesson after he’s re-elected.

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