House Democrats agreed to suspend deadlines for the president’s accounting firm to hand over his records, pending an expedited review by the federal appeals court in D.C.
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.
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